Rapid Access to 1,2,3,4-Tetrasubstituted Benzenes and 3-Alkenyl-1,2-dihydropyridines

2026-05-04
DÜNDAR ÖZDOĞAN, BUSE AYŞEN
Zora, Metin
Herein, we report unprecedented protocols for the synthesis of 1,2,3,4-tetrasubstituted benzenes and 3-alkenyl-1,2-dihydropyridines from readily available N-methyl-N-propargyl beta-enaminones. When subjected to the reaction with dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates in refluxing toluene under gold catalysis, N-methyl-N-propargyl beta-enaminones afforded 1,2,3,4-tetrasubstituted benzenes. On the other hand, the reaction of N-methyl-N-propargyl beta-enaminones with dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates in refluxing acetonitrile under copper catalysis formed 3-alkenyl-1,2-dihydropyridines as the major product, accompanied by 1,2,3,4-tetrasubstituted benzenes as the minor product. An internal alkyne-tethered N-methyl-N-propargyl beta-enaminone yielded a pentasubstituted benzene derivative under both gold and copper catalysis. The skeletal diversity of the synthesized 1,2,3,4-tetrasubstituted benzenes and 3-alkenyl-1,2-dihydropyridines may be of use in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry as new and novel molecular entities and structural leads.
Citation Formats
B. A. DÜNDAR ÖZDOĞAN and M. Zora, “Rapid Access to 1,2,3,4-Tetrasubstituted Benzenes and 3-Alkenyl-1,2-dihydropyridines,” ACS OMEGA, pp. 0–0, 2026, Accessed: 00, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/119191.