Palladium-catalyzed direct C-H functionalization of benzoquinone.

ABSTRACT: A direct Pd-catalyzed C-H functionalization of benzoquinone (BQ) can be controlled to give either mono- or disubstituted BQ, including the installation of two different groups in a one-pot procedure. BQ can now be directly functionalized with aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, and cycloalkene groups and, moreover, the reaction is conducted in environmentally benign water or acetone as solvents.

SUBMITTER: Walker SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4502976 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature