A new ruthenium-catalyzed approach for quinoxalines from o-phenylenediamines and vicinal-diols

Chan Sik Cho, Sung Gi Oh

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Abstract

o-Phenylenediamines react with an array of vicinal-diols in diglyme in the presence of a catalytic amount of a ruthenium catalyst along with KOH to afford the corresponding quinoxalines in good yields.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5633-5636
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume47
Issue number32
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Aug 2006

Keywords

  • Cyclization
  • o-Phenylenediamines
  • Quinoxalines
  • Ruthenium catalyst
  • Vicinal-diols

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