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Chapter 6 147RR[P(Ph) 3 ]Pd°OHOPh 3 PPh 3 PPdROHPh 3 PPh 3 P2+PdHROScheme 6.17: Pd° catalysis <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> heteroannulation step.An easier explanation could <strong>in</strong>volve a simple base catalyzed 5-endotrig cyclization favoured by <strong>the</strong> Baldw<strong>in</strong> rules (scheme 6.18).RROH+BASEO - +H + B -ORScheme 6.18: base catalyzed cyclization to benz<strong>of</strong>uran.The first hypo<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> coord<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> triple bondfrom Pd° would implicate a double palladium catalytic cycle, whereas <strong>the</strong>second hypo<strong>the</strong>sis implicates a s<strong>in</strong>gle Pd° catalytic cycle <strong>and</strong> a basiccyclization to <strong>the</strong> f<strong>in</strong>al product. In order to sh<strong>in</strong>e more light on <strong>the</strong>mechanism <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> next paragraphs studies to elucidate fur<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>mechanism are described.6.6.1. Cyclization studies.For this 2-iodophenol was first acetylated with acetyl chloride <strong>in</strong>dichloromethane <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>n coupled under palladium catalysis with racemic

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