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DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258142
‘Vanilla Oceanics’: Synthesis and Olfactory Properties of (1′E)-7-(Prop-1′-enyl)-2H-benzo[b][1,4]dioxepin-3(4H)-ones and Homologues
Publication History
Publication Date:
01 July 2010 (online)
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Abstract
(1′E)-7-(Prop-1′-enyl)-2H-benzo[b][1,4]dioxepin-3(4H)-one was synthesized from dimethyl 2,2′-[(4-allyl-1,2-phenylene)bis(oxy)]diacetate by isomerization of the double bond and Dieckmann condensation followed by saponification and decarboxylation. It possessed an intense marine, spicy-vanillic odor, and served as starting material for the synthesis of homologues by protection as 1,3-dioxolane, Katsuki-Sharpless oxidation of the benzylic double bond, Grignard reaction, and dehydration/deprotection with 50% aqueous sulfuric acid. The olfactory properties and the extremely low odor thresholds of these resulting homologues are rationalized with an improved olfactophore model.
Key words
benzodioxepinones - Grignard reaction - heterocycles - isomerization - odorants
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