Successively Recycle Waste as Catalyst: A One-Pot Wittig/1,4-Reduction/Paal–Knorr Sequence for Modular Synthesis of Substituted Furans

Abstract

A one-pot tandem Wittig/conjugate reduction/Paal-Knorr reaction is reported for the synthesis of di- or trisubstituted furans. This novel sequence first demonstrates the possibility of successively recycling waste from upstream steps to catalyze downstream reactions.