Arylacetylenes as two-carbon synthons: synthesis of eight-membered rings via C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C bond cleavage

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Oct 25;56(83):12554-12557. doi: 10.1039/d0cc05363e. Epub 2020 Sep 17.

Abstract

The first synthesis of eight-membered N-containing heterocycles by oxidative bicyclization/ring extension of arylacetylenes and aryl amines has been achieved. This protocol uses arylacetylene as an unusual two-carbon synthon by incorporating the two parts of the cracked C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C bond into the final product, which provides a new method for using arylacetylenes as two-carbon synthons and further enriches C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C bond cleavage methodology. Moreover, this multi-component reaction can provide diverse fused elegant eight-membered N-heterocycles under mild conditions with wide substrate scopes.