An optimized procedure for the direct and regioselective arylation
of 2-acylfurans has been developed. The versatility of this protocol
has been evaluated on a series of aryl and heteroaryl halides, thus
obtaining a small collection of 2,5-disubstituted furans in moderate
to good yields. Finally, the optimized protocol has been successfully
applied to the synthesis of the HIV-1 integrase inhibitor 3 and could be further exploited for the
generation of novel substituted furans as potential integrase inhibitors.
Heck reaction - direct arylation - 2-acylfurans - catalysis - integrase inhibitors