Syntheses of 6,7‐Benzotropolone by Using Ring‐Closing Metathesis Variants Obviating a Strongly Acidic Hydrolysis Thereafter

Abstract A Wittig reaction of 3‐hydroxyphtalide (11) gave ortho‐styrene‐2‐carboxylic acid (12). Its Weinreb amide13 acylated heterosubstituted methyllithiums. This led to aryl “methyl” ketones whose sp3‐carbon was substituted by Cl+OMe (in14  a), 2×Cl (in14  b), OtBu (in17  a), SPh (in17  b) or SO2 Ph (in17  c). The enolates of these ketones were C‐allylated. This furnished the benzene‐fused nona‐1,8‐dienones7  a– b and9  a– c, respectively. Ring‐closing metatheses provided the corresponding benzocycloheptadienones8  a‐ b and10  a– c. Their ketone moieties were α,α‐disubstituted (in8  a– b) or α‐monosubstituted (in10  a– c). Each substitution pattern allowed to generate the hydroxyenone motif of the corresponding benzocycloheptatrienone—or 6,7‐benzotropolone—6  a: The MeO‐ and PhS‐containing benzocycloheptadienone8  a gave 6,7‐benzotropolone methyl ether (15) by sulfoxide formation and pyrolysis;15 was demethylated with BCl3. The same intermediate resulted from the dichlorobenzocycloheptadienone8  b and NaOMe. The benzocycloheptadienone10  a was de( tert‐butylated) with formic acid; a subsequent Pfitzner‐Moffatt oxidation completed 6,7‐benzotropolone (6  a) once more. The PhS‐containing benzocycloheptadienone10  b was α‐acetoxylated with Pb(OAc)4; the resulting O,S‐acetal gave 6,7‐benzotropolone (6  a) by hydrolysis. The PhSO2‐containing substrate10  c was deprotonated whereupon an oxidation with Me3 Si−O−O−SiMe3 gave 6,7‐benzotropolone (6  a)..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2022

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European Journal of Organic Chemistry - 2022(2022), 17

Beteiligte Personen:

Koblischek, Philip [VerfasserIn]
Brückner, Reinhard [VerfasserIn]

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35.50

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© 2022 Wiley‐VCH GmbH

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16

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10.1002/ejoc.202101070

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WLY005074908