Ru(ii)-Catalyzed cascade decarbonylative annulation and dehydrogenative alkenylation reactions: synthesis of phthalides

Swagata Baruah; Sabera Sultana; Pratiksha Bhorali; Pallabi Saikia; Sanjib Gogoi

doi:10.1039/d1ob00019e

Ru(ii)-Catalyzed cascade decarbonylative annulation and dehydrogenative alkenylation reactions: synthesis of phthalides

Org Biomol Chem. 2021 Apr 7;19(13):2997-3003. doi: 10.1039/d1ob00019e. Epub 2021 Mar 19.

Authors

Swagata Baruah¹, Sabera Sultana, Pratiksha Bhorali, Pallabi Saikia, Sanjib Gogoi

Affiliation

¹ Applied Organic Chemistry, Chemical Sciences & Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat 785006, AcSIR, Ghaziabad-201002, India. skgogoi1@gmail.com sanjibgogoi@neist.res.in.

PMID: 33885553
DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00019e

Abstract

A novel Ru(ii)-catalyzed decarbonylative annulation and direct C-H functionalization reaction of phthalic anhydrides with acrylates is reported. This reaction provides an efficient route for the synthesis of 3,7-disubstituted phthalides.