AgOTf-catalyzed one-pot reactions of 2-alkynylbenzaldoximes with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds

• Qiuping Ding,
• Dan Wang,
• Puying Luo,
• Meiling Liu,
• Shouzhi Pu and
• Liyun Zhou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1949–1956, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.231

• excellent yields. Keywords: 2-alkynylbenzaldoxime; cyclization; 2-(isoquinolin-1-yl)ethanol; rearrangement; α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound; Introduction One-pot combinations of multi-catalysis and multi-component cascade reactions [1][2][3][4][5][6], in which several bond-forming steps take place in a

• progress in this aspect. Wu and co-workers described an efficient three-component reaction of a 2-alkynylbenzaldoxime and an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound with bromine or iodine monochloride under mild conditions, which generates the 1-alkylated isoquinolines in good to excellent yields [36]. Wu and co

• fragmentation from 2-alkynylbenzaldoximes and α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. Based on previous results [36][37][38][39][41][42][43], we expect 2-alkynylbenzaldoxime 1 to easily convert at room temperature to isoquinoline N-oxide A by a AgOTf-catalyzed cyclization. Compound A produced in situ might undergo