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ORGANIC LETTERS
Volume 23, Issue 3, Pages 642-646Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c03596
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- EPSRC [EP/N509590/1]
- Centre for Chemical and Materials Analysis in the School of Chemistry
- Royal Society [SRF\R1\191033]
- Leverhulme Trust [SRF\R1\191033]
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Selective C3-alkylation of benzothiophenes was achieved through a gold-catalyzed reaction, with the minor product being the C7-alkylated isomer. The reaction was successful with various alkyl and aryl alkynes and substituted or unsubstituted benzothiophenes, but the inhibitory effect of sulfoxide on the catalyst requires further investigation.
C3-selective C-C bond formation on benzothiophenes is challenging, and few direct functionalization methods are available. A gold-catalyzed reaction of alkynes with benzothiophene S-oxides provides regioselective entry into C3-alkylated benzothiophenes with the C7-alkylated isomer as the minor product. This oxyarylation reaction works with alkyl and aryl alkynes and substituted and unsubstituted benzothiophenes. Mechanistic studies identify that sulfoxide inhibits the catalyst [DTBPAu(PhCN)]SbF6, which also degrades and forms the unreactive complex [(DTBP)(2)Au]SbF6.
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