A novel cascade reaction to ortho-furyl biphenyls

ORGN 154

John H. Hilmer, Department of Chemistry, The City College and The City University of New York, 138th Street and Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031 and Mahesh K. Lakshman, Department of Chemistry, City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 138th Street at Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031.

Ortho-furyl substituted biphenyls are an interesting scaffold that serve as intermediates to important compounds in the fields ranging from materials science to pharmaceuticals. In this report, we demonstrate an assembly of the o-furyl biphenyl scaffold via a one-step protocol. Also described are studies aimed at understanding the underlying mechanism of the reaction.

 

Asymmetric Reactions and Syntheses, Metal-Mediated Reactions, Materials, Molecular Recognition
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Sunday, August 22, 2004 Pennsylvania Convention Center -- Hall D, Poster

Division of Organic Chemistry

The 228th ACS National Meeting, in Philadelphia, PA, August 22-26, 2004