Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 81(49), p. 9266
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc45469j
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Hypervalent iodine(iii)-induced oxidative [4+2] annulation of o-phenylenediamines and electron-deficient alkynes under metal-free conditions has been developed. The reaction allows for direct access to quinoxalines bearing two electron-withdrawing groups in an efficient manner.