Description
Rapid palladium-catalyzed carbonylative cyclization reactions of 2-iodophenol with various alkyne under microwave irradiation using Mo(CO)6 as the CO source has been investigated.It was used in the synthesis of: aryl 2-benzofuranyl and aryl 2-indolyl carbinols of high enantiomeric purity; 3,3-disubstituted-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran