2008 Volume 56 Issue 10 Pages 1496-1498
A series of dibenzofurans were efficiently and conveniently synthesized via one-pot consecutive C(sp2)–O bond formation reaction (SNAr) in the presence of anhydrous K2CO3, followed by C(sp2)–C(sp2) bond formation reaction (intramolecular palladium-catalyzed aryl–aryl coupling reaction) between aryl halides and ortho-bromophenols. The desired dibenzofurans were obtained in 32—99% isolated yields.