Dimerization of cyclopropenes to bifurans using tandem metal relay catalysis

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Oct 14;49(80):9167-9. doi: 10.1039/c3cc44762f. Epub 2013 Aug 29.

Abstract

An efficient synthesis of bifurans via dimerization of cyclopropenes has been successfully developed using a copper-promoted cycloisomerization and palladium-catalyzed dimerization cascade. These novel bifuran structures possess interesting optoelectronic properties.