Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Arylpropargyl Alcohols en Route to Indenes and Quinolines.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Jane Panteleev; Richard Y. Huang; Erica K. J. Lui; Mark Lautens
- Source
- Organic Letters. Oct2011, Vol. 13 Issue 19, p5314-5317. 4p.
- Subject
- *ADDITION reactions
*ORGANIC acids
*ALCOHOLS (Chemical class)
*INDENE
*QUINOLINE
*RHODIUM catalysts
*STEREOCHEMISTRY
*SUBSTITUTION reactions
- Language
- ISSN
- 1523-7060
A regio- and stereoselective rhodium-catalyzed synthesis of trisubstituted allylic alcohols is described. The utility of these synthons is demonstrated in a convenient synthesis of indenes and quinolines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]