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Metal-Free Arylation-Lactonization Sequence of γ-Alkenoic Acids Using Anilines as Aryl Radical Precursors
Felipe-Blanco, Diego,Gonzalez-Gomez, Jose C.
supporting information, p. 7735 - 7744 (2019/12/24)
The presence of salicylic acid (10 mol-%) and H2O (10 equiv.) significantly improves the arylation-lactonization sequence of γ-alkenoic acids with in situ formed diazonium salts (from bench stable anilines). The reaction is finished in less than 5 h without thermal or photochemical activation, giving access to a variety of γ,γ-disubstituted butyrolactones. The protocol is user-friendly and can be used at gram-scale or adapted to transform alkenols into phthalanes. Control experiments revealed that aryl radicals participate in the reaction and a plausible mechanism is proposed to include this and other mechanistic investigations, for the catalyzed and the background reaction.
