Palladium‐Catalyzed Oxidative Double CH Functionalization/Carbonylation for the Synthesis of Xanthones

Abstract

Two at once: Xanthones with different functional groups were obtained with CO (balloon) in the presence of a simple catalytic system that consists of Pd(OAc)2, K2S2O8, and trifluoroacetic acid (see scheme). Preliminary mechanism studies reveal that the second CH functionalization might be the rate-determining step. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.