10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03170.s002 Shohei Ohno Shohei Ohno Jiawei Qiu Jiawei Qiu Ray Miyazaki Ray Miyazaki Hiroshi Aoyama Hiroshi Aoyama Kenichi Murai Kenichi Murai Jun-ya Hasegawa Jun-ya Hasegawa Mitsuhiro Arisawa Mitsuhiro Arisawa Ni-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization between 3‑Phenoxy Acrylic Acid Derivatives and Alkynes via Intramolecular Cleavage and Formation of the C–O Bond To Give 2,3-Disubstituted Benzofurans American Chemical Society 2019 aryl ethers Ni-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization Intramolecular Cleavage 3- phenoxy acrylic acid derivatives alkenyl ethers DFT 3- positions cleavage bond 2019-09-30 19:39:35 Journal contribution https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Ni-Catalyzed_Cycloisomerization_between_3_Phenoxy_Acrylic_Acid_Derivatives_and_Alkynes_via_Intramolecular_Cleavage_and_Formation_of_the_C_O_Bond_To_Give_2_3-Disubstituted_Benzofurans/9922334 Reactions based on transition-metal-catalyzed C–O bond cleavage have attracted much attention as a new synthetic method. Until now, several intermolecular reactions via C–O bond cleavage of aryl ethers, alkenyl ethers, esters, and others have been reported. Here we report an unprecedented C–O bond cleavage of 3-phenoxy acrylic acid derivatives, followed by intramolecular C–O bond formation with alkynes. This reaction gave 2,3-disubstituted benzofurans having useful functional groupssilyl substituents and acrylic acid derivativesat the 2- and 3-positions, respectively. This report also described theoretical (DFT) insights into the mechanism.