Kazuhiro Hata, Zhiheng He, Constantin Gabriel Daniliuc, Kenichiro Itami, and Armido Studer
Chem. Commun., 2013, Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47350C
Pd-catalyzed three component reaction between benzofuran derivatives, carboxylic acids and arylboronic acids provides synthetically valuable 2-aryl-3-acyloxy-2,3-dihydrobenzofurans in moderate to excellent yields and high diastereoselectivities.