The reactivity of
“furan-ynes” in combination with
pyridine and quinoline
N
-oxides in the presence of
a Au(I) catalyst, has been studied, enabling the synthesis of three
different heterocyclic scaffolds. Selective access to two out of the
three possible products, a dihydropyridinone and a furan enone, has
been achieved through the fine-tuning of the reaction conditions.
The reactions proceed smoothly at room temperature and open-air, and
were further extended to a broad substrate scope, thus affording functionalized
dihydropyridinones and pyranones.