Regioselective Synthesis of 4,6,7-Trisubstituted Benzofurans from Furfural Imines and Nonheteroatom Stabilized Alkynylcarbene Complexes

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Nonheteroatom stabilized chromium alkynylcarbene complexes 3,6, generated in situ from Fischer cabene complexes 1, smoothly react with furan-2-ylmethanimines 4 to provide substituted 7-aminobenzofurans 5 in moderate to good yields. The procedure involves the construction of the arene ring by a regioselective [3+3] carbocyclization reaction.