posted on 2017-09-21, 00:00authored byYasunori Minami, Yuta Noguchi, Tamejiro Hiyama
Straightforward synthesis of benzosiloles
was achieved by the invention
of Pd/acid-catalyzed intramolecular anti-hydroarylation
of aryloxyethynyl(aryl)silanes via ortho-C–H
bond activation. The aryloxy group bound to the ethynyl carbon is
the key factor for this transformation.