Synthesis 2024; 56(16): 2499-2506
DOI: 10.1055/a-2331-9439
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Accessing meta-Enone-Substituted Anisoles using ArN2BF4 as Precatalyst via Rearrangement of Alkyne-Tethered Cyclohexadienones

Archana Rai
a   Division of Organic Chemistry, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India
b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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Utpal Das
a   Division of Organic Chemistry, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India
b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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Financial support from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi (CRG/2021/005721 & EEQ/2022/000271) is gratefully acknowledged.


Abstract

A method for the rearrangement of alkyne-tethered cyclohexadienone to furnish meta-enone-substituted anisoles using arene diazonium tetrafluoroborate salts as precatalyst was developed. The reaction proceeds via intramolecular 1,6-enyne cyclization-aromatization and oxetene ring opening. The same protocol was also employed to obtain phthalide-substituted anisoles. The reactions are atom economic, have a broad substrate scope and amenable to gram-scale synthesis. Further synthetic transformations of the products were also performed.

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Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 22. März 2024

Angenommen nach Revision: 23. Mai 2024

Accepted Manuscript online:
23. Mai 2024

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
11. Juni 2024

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