One-Pot Synthesis of Functionalized Fused Furans via a BODIPY-Catalyzed Domino Photooxygenation

Abstract

Six-membered ring fused furans containing a tetrasubstituted tertiary carbon were prepared in an unprecedented one-pot BODIPY-catalyzed domino photooxygenation/reduction process. A series of functionalized furans was synthesized from readily available 2-alkenylphenols and mechanistic studies were performed to account for the domino photosensitized oxygenation.

Keywords: heterocycles; homogeneous catalysis; oxidation; photochemistry; synthetic methods.