Room-Temperature Metal-Free Oxidative Alkoxylation/Amidation of Benzofuran-3(2H)-ones with Simple Alcohols and Nitriles

Key Points

• To develop a metal-free method for the oxidative alkoxylation and amidation of benzofuran derivatives.
• Employing simple alcohols and nitriles as reactants
• Conducting reactions under mild temperature conditions
• Focusing on synthesis of 2-monosubstituted benzofuran-3(2H)-ones
• Synthesis achieved moderate to excellent yield of derivatives
• Demonstration of broad substrate scope