Siyang Hai Xiao, Wu Xu Rui, Ji Xiao Yue, Wu Xin Yan, Liu Pei Nian
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Key Lab for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai 200237, China.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Aug 11;50(62):8514-7. doi: 10.1039/c4cc02862g.
A copper(ii) perchlorate-promoted tandem reaction of internal alkynol and salicyl N-tosylhydrazone provides a novel, concise method for constructing isochromeno[3,4-b]chromene in 35-94% yields. The tandem reaction involves cycloisomerization, formal [4+2] cycloaddition and an elimination process.