Langille Neil F, Dakin Les A, Panek James S
Department of Chemistry and Center for Streamlined Synthesis, Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Org Lett. 2002 Jul 25;4(15):2485-8. doi: 10.1021/ol026099r.
[reaction: see text] This paper describes Sonogashira cross-coupling of functionalized 2-, 4-, and 5-trifloyl oxazoles and thiazoles with terminal alkynes. This methodology has been extended to 2,4-ditrifloylthiazoles, which results in regioselective cross-coupling at the C2-position of the thiazole. The resulting 2-alkynyl-4-trifloylthiazoles are effective electrophiles in a second palladium(0)-mediated cross-coupling reaction.