Palladium-catalyzed one-pot synthesis of polysubstituted furans from alkynoates and 2-yn-1-ols

Easily accessible propargyl vinyl ethers are found to be acyclic precursors to construct furan derivatives. According to the reactive behavior of the substrates and the regulation of reaction conditions, three synthetic routes to polysubstituted furans via palladium-catalyzed reactions of propargyl vinyl ethers in situ-prepared from alkynoates and 2-yn-1-ols are presented herein. These methods could have potential application in synthetic and pharmaceutical chemistry for its facilitation and accessible starting materials. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.