Sustainable access to benzothiophene derivatives bearing a trifluoromethyl group via a three-component domino reaction in water?

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Pub Date: 2022-06-30 DOI: 10.1039/D2OB01034H

Abstract

A catalyst-free three-component domino reaction was developed for the synthesis of benzothiophene fused pyrrolidones bearing a CF3 group for the first time. The notable advantages of this strategy over the existing methods include the use of water as a solvent at room temperature, transition metal-free conditions, a broad substrate scope, and easy scale-up synthesis. More importantly, the benzothiophene derivatives have been found to show potent anticancer activities using the Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay.

Graphical abstract: Sustainable access to benzothiophene derivatives bearing a trifluoromethyl group via a three-component domino reaction in water
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