Molecules (Jun 2015)

An Alternative Method for Generating Arynes from ortho-Silylaryl Triflates: Activation by Cesium Carbonate in the Presence of a Crown Ether

  • Suguru Yoshida,
  • Yuki Hazama,
  • Yuto Sumida,
  • Takahisa Yano,
  • Takamitsu Hosoya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules200610131
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 6
pp. 10131 – 10140

Abstract

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An alternative method for generating arynes from ortho-silylaryl triflates using cesium carbonate and 18-crown-6 is reported. The method was efficiently applied to a variety of reactions between several arynes and arynophiles. We also demonstrated that the efficiency of aryne generation is significantly affected by the alkali metal countercation of the carbonate.

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