posted on 2014-05-12, 00:00authored byWucheng Xie, Bin Li, Shansheng Xu, Haibin Song, Baiquan Wang
A novel method to synthesize racemic
ferrocene[1,2-c]pyridine-3(4H)-ones
via Pd-catalyzed direct dehydrogenative
annulations of ferrocenecarboxamides with internal alkynes in air
has been developed. Both alkyl and aryl ferrocenecarboxamides can
be applied as effective substrates.