An efficient synthesis of 2,5-diimino-furans via Pd-catalyzed cyclization of bromoacrylamides and isocyanides†
Abstract
A novel palladium-catalyzed cyclization of bromoacrylamides with isocyanides gives substituted 2,5-diimino-furans, which can be used as the precursor of maleamides. This reaction presumably proceeds through the oxygen atom of the amide moiety of the bromoacrylamides coordinated to the Pd(II) centre as a key step.