Synlett 2018; 29(20): 2633-2637
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611082
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Regioselective and Catalyst-Free Epoxidation of (E)-3-[3-(2-Hydroxyaryl)-3-oxoprop-1-en-1-yl]chromones

Rachid Ameraoui
a   Laboratoire de Synthèse Pétrochimique, Université M’Hamed Bougara, Boumerdès, Algeria   eMail: mohamedhammadi35@yahoo.fr
b   Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-Chimiques CRAPC, BP 384, Bou-Ismail, 42004 Tipaza, Algeria
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Mohamed Hammadi*
a   Laboratoire de Synthèse Pétrochimique, Université M’Hamed Bougara, Boumerdès, Algeria   eMail: mohamedhammadi35@yahoo.fr
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Oualid Talhi*
b   Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-Chimiques CRAPC, BP 384, Bou-Ismail, 42004 Tipaza, Algeria
c   QOPNA, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal   eMail: oualid.talhi@ua.pt   eMail: artur.silva@ua.pt
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Ridha Hassaine
b   Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-Chimiques CRAPC, BP 384, Bou-Ismail, 42004 Tipaza, Algeria
d   Laboratoire de Catalyse et Synthèse en Chimie Organique, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Tlemcen, Algeria
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Abdelghani Bouchama
b   Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-Chimiques CRAPC, BP 384, Bou-Ismail, 42004 Tipaza, Algeria
e   Laboratoire de Structure, Elaboration et Application des Matériaux Moléculaires (SEA2M), Faculté des Sciences et de la Technologie (FST), BP 188, Université Abdelhamid Benbadis, Mostaganem, Algeria
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Hasnia Abdeldjebar
f   Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Théorique et de Chimie Informatique, Faculté de Chimie, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, 16000 Alger, Algeria
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Yamina Belmiloud
f   Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Théorique et de Chimie Informatique, Faculté de Chimie, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, 16000 Alger, Algeria
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Meziane Brahimi
f   Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Théorique et de Chimie Informatique, Faculté de Chimie, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, 16000 Alger, Algeria
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Filipe A. Almeida Paz
g   CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Khaldoun Bachari
b   Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-Chimiques CRAPC, BP 384, Bou-Ismail, 42004 Tipaza, Algeria
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c   QOPNA, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal   eMail: oualid.talhi@ua.pt   eMail: artur.silva@ua.pt
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Thanks are due to University of Aveiro and FCT/MEC for financial support of the QOPNA research project (FCT UID/QUI/00062/2013) and the CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007679; FCT UID/CTM/50011/2013); these are financed by national funds and, when appropriate, co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement, and to the Portuguese NMR Network. We would like also to thank FCT/MEC and the General Directorate for Scientific Research and Technological Development – DGRSDT of Algeria and Agence Thématique de Recherche en Sciences et Technologie ATRST for approving the co-financed bilateral project PT-DZ/0005. We further wish to thank CICECO for funding the purchase of the single-crystal X-ray diffractometer.
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Received: 08. September 2018

Accepted after revision: 30. September 2018

Publikationsdatum:
31. Oktober 2018 (online)


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Abstract

The uncatalyzed reaction of hydrogen peroxide with (E)-3-[3-(2-hydroxyaryl)-3-oxoprop-1-en-1-yl]chromones resulted in a regio­selective epoxidation of the chromone intracyclic C(2)=C(3) double bond to afford unique isomeric (E)-7a-[3-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-oxoprop-1-en-1-yl]-1aH-oxireno[2,3-b]chromen-7(7aH)-ones in high yields. 2D NMR and single-crystal X-ray diffraction were used to elucidate the structures of the chromanone epoxides. Density functional theoretical studies demonstrated a high electrophilicity of the starting chromones.

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