Abstract

The reaction of ortho-formyl cinnamates and ortho-formyl-α-benzalketones with suitably substituted alkylnitro compounds in the presence of 1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine results in the formation of 1,3-disubstituted dihydroisobenzofurans. The reaction mechanism entails a base-mediated nitronate addition to the aryl formyl group followed by intramolecular alcoholate addition to the unsaturated component that then affords the isobenzofuran system.

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