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Ligand‐Free, Cu‐ and Fe‐Catalyzed Selective Ring‐Opening Arylations of Benzoxazoles with Aryl Iodides
Author(s) -
He Yue,
Mao Jincheng,
Rong Guangwei,
Yan Hong,
Zhang Guoqi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201600252
Subject(s) - catalysis , aryl , ligand (biochemistry) , ring (chemistry) , inert , combinatorial chemistry , chemistry , environmentally friendly , metal , inert gas , polyethylene glycol , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , receptor , ecology , biochemistry , alkyl , biology
Cu‐ or Fe‐based catalyst systems have been reported to selectively catalyze the N , N ‐diarylation or N ‐monoarylation of benzoxazoles ring‐opening with aryl iodides in the absence of additional added ligand in polyethylene glycol under an inert atmosphere. Two types of coupling products (triphenylamines and diphenylamines) have been examined and the reaction routes can be simply controlled by changing the metal salts (Cu or Fe) as catalyst. A range of substrates have been investigated for the diverse reactions, and the corresponding arylation products were achieved in good to high yields. This selective, low‐cost, and environmentally friendly protocol displays great potential for replacing existing methodologies as well as extending the synthetic applications of benzoxazoles.