One for the pot: 1-Naphthols, well-known structural design elements in medicinal chemistry, were readily prepared by means of a one-pot palladium-catalyzed oxidative annulation of readily available benzoylacetates to internal alkynes.
Keywords: CH activation; alkynes; annulation; naphthols; palladium.
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