Synthesis 2019; 51(06): 1455-1465
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611354
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Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of β,β-Diaryl α,β-Unsaturated Ketones

Yi-lin Zheng
a   Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, 826 Zhangheng Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai 201203, P. R. of China
,
Li Xiao
a   Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, 826 Zhangheng Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai 201203, P. R. of China
,
Qiong Xie
a   Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, 826 Zhangheng Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai 201203, P. R. of China
,
Li-ming Shao*
a   Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, 826 Zhangheng Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai 201203, P. R. of China
b   State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, P. R. of China   Email: limingshao@fudan.edu.cn
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Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81473076 and 81673292), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2015CB931804), and the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (No. 15431900100) is gratefully acknowledged.
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Publication History

Received: 27 July 2018

Accepted after revision: 23 October 2018

Publication Date:
03 December 2018 (online)


Abstract

We herein describe a versatile palladium-catalyzed synthesis of β,β-diaryl α,β-unsaturated ketones. A broad range of aryl halides react with β-arylbutanones to afford biologically useful, symmetrical and unsymmetrical ketones. The use of 4,5-diazafluoren-9-one and oxygen makes this one-pot reaction more applicable. A plausible mechanism involving palladium-catalyzed oxidative Heck-type cross-coupling is also proposed.

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