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Keywords:

  • Palladium;
  • Cross-coupling;
  • Annulation;
  • Heterocycles;
  • C–C coupling

Abstract

A palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of diarylvinylidenecyclopropanes with 2-iodophenol and N-(2-iodophenyl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide provided a variety of cyclopropane-containing 2,2-diaryl-3-tetramethylcyclopropylidene-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran and 2,2-diaryl-3-tetramethylcyclopropylidene-1-(toluene-4-sulfonyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole derivatives in moderate-to-good yields.(© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2009)