Ugi Reaction Followed by Intramolecular Diels–Alder Reaction and Elimination of HCl: One-Pot Approach to Arene-Fused Isoindolinones

A one-pot procedure involving a four-component Ugi reaction followed by an intramolecular Diels–Alder reaction/HCl elimination cascade has been developed to provide rapid access to the isoindolinone framework in a diversity-oriented fashion. The scope of the process has been investigated with respect to all four components, and a comparison between the one-pot and sequential approaches is given. The possibility of a late-stage one-pot functionalization through Suzuki coupling has been explored. © 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim