Microwave-Assisted Organocatalyzed Rearrangement of Propargyl Vinyl Ethers to Salicylaldehyde Derivatives : An Experimental and Theoretical Study

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The microwave-assisted imidazole-catalyzed transformation of propargyl vinyl ethers (PVEs) into multisubstituted salicylaldehydes is described. The reaction is instrumentally simple, scalable, and tolerates a diverse degree of substitution at the propargylic position of the starting PVE. The generated salicylaldehyde motifs incorporate a broad range of topologies, spanning from simple aromatic monocycles to complex fused polycyclic systems. The reaction is highly regioselective and takes place under symmetry-breaking conditions. The preparative power of this reaction was demonstrated in the first total synthesis of morintrifolin B, a benzophenone metabolite isolated from the small tree Morinda citrifolia L. A DFT study of the reaction was performed with full agreement between calculated values and experimental results. The theoretically calculated values support a domino mechanism comprising a propargyl Claisen rearrangement, a [1,3]-H shift, a [1,7]-H shift (enolization), a 6π electrocyclization, and an aromatization reaction.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) - 21(2015), 50 vom: 07. Dez., Seite 18280-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tejedor, David [VerfasserIn]
Cotos, Leandro [VerfasserIn]
Márquez-Arce, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Odriozola-Gimeno, Mikel [VerfasserIn]
Torrent-Sucarrat, Miquel [VerfasserIn]
Cossío, Fernando P [VerfasserIn]
García-Tellado, Fernando [VerfasserIn]

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Domino reactions
Journal Article
Microwave chemistry
Organocatalysis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Synthetic methods
Total synthesis

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Date Completed 01.04.2016

Date Revised 15.12.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/chem.201503171

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NLM254149006