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SUBMITTER: Brown N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4179875 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brown Neil N Buszek Keith R KR
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We describe the first report of the generation of 6,7-dehydrobenzofuran (6,7-benzofuranyne) from 6,7-dihalobenzofurans via metal-halogen exchange and elimination, in a manner similar to our previous work with 6,7-indole arynes. This benzofuranyne undergoes highly regioselective Diels-Alder cycloadditions with 2-substituted furans. ...[more]