Ke Yu, Tongxiang Cao and Shifa Zhu
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2025,23, 4879-4883
DOI:
10.1039/D5OB00468C,
Communication
A rapid method for C2-arylation of hydroxypyranone systems via a reductive iodonio-Claisen rearrangement (RICR) of λ3-iodanes is reported. By integrating the rearrangement products with a tandem Claisen reaction, a series of otherwise inaccessible biaryl phenols were efficiently synthesized.