Synthesis 2007(10): 1566-1570  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-966019
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Antimycobacterial Benzofuro[3,2-f]chromenes from a 5-Bromochromen-6-ol

Soizic Pradoa,b,1, Valérie Touma, Brigitte Saint-Joanisb, Sylvie Michelc, Michel Kochc, Stewart T. Coleb, François Tillequinc, Yves L. Janin*a
a Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, URA 2128 CNRS-Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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b Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
c Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, Université René Descartes, UMR/CNRS 8638, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, 4 avenue de l’Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
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Publication History

Received 7 December 2006
Publication Date:
18 April 2007 (online)

Abstract

In the course of our work on the synthesis of analogues of the specific antimycobacterial 3,3-dimethyl-3H-benzofuro[3,2-f]chromene, we prepared the previously unreported 5-bromo-2,2-dimethyl-2H-chromen-6-ol. We wish to report here an original synthetic scheme using this compound. The preparation of various 5-bromo-2,2-dimethyl-6-(aryloxy)-2H-chromenes was first investigated. This was followed by a palladium-catalysed cyclisation reaction, which takes place only in the presence of air, and leads to 3,3-dimethyl-3H-benzofuro[3,2-f]chromenes or 3,3-dimethyl-3H-4,7-dioxa-10-aza-benzo[c]fluorene. The antimycobacterial properties of these analogues have been investigated.

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Current address: Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie des Substances Naturelles, UMR 5154 CNRS/MNHN-USM 0502 MNHN, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier CP54, 75005 Paris, France.