S. Saito et al., Palladium-catalyzed cross-benzannulation of amilzoenynes with diynes, highly regioselective synthesis of polysubstituted anilines, J ORG CHEM, 65(14), 2000, pp. 4338-4341
Polysubstituted anilines were prepared by the palladium-catalyzed cross-ben
zannulation of conjugated aminoenynes 1-4 with diynes 8. The reaction proce
eded in a highly regioselective manner under mild conditions, and the anili
nes were obtained as single regioisomers. Our method complements the well-k
nown precedures for the preparation of polysubstituted anilines which are w
idely used in organic synthesis.