Allyl phenyl ether, cyclization

Photoaddhion of electron donor olefins such as vinyl ethers and stilbene to variously methyl and halogeno-substituted 1,4-benzoquinones resulted in the formation of dihydrobenzofurans via a dienone-phenol rearrangement of the primary product spirooxetanes <96H(43)619>. High-temperature water seems to be an alternative to use of acid catalysts or organic solvents by the cyclization of allyl phenyl ethers to dihydrobenzofurans <96JOC7355>. 

The palladium-catalyzed hydroboration of allyl phenyl ether 456 is followed by cyclization of the corresponding triflate to afford the chroman core of the tocopheryls 457 (Equation 186) <1998JA9074>. The intramolecular hydroarylation of l-(but-3-enyloxy)-3,5-dimethylbenzene to afford 4,5,7-trimethylchroman can be accomplished using a RuCh/AgOTf catalytic system (Equation 187) <20040L581>. 2,2-Dimethylchromans 458 are formed by a Mo(CO)6 catalyzed intramolecular cyclization of aryl prenyl ethers 459 (Equation 188) <1998S256>. 

If A,A-disubstituted amides are used as starting material, the corresponding 3-dialkylamino-benzofurans are obtained <73JOCl746>. Suitably substituted allyl phenyl ethers can be cyclized to 2,3-dihydrobenzo[Z>]furans <94H(38)177>. 

Sc(OTf)3 shows high catalytic activity for the nitration of arenes with nitric acid. Sequential Claisen rearrangement/cyclization of allyl phenyl ethers is efficiently catalyzed by Sc(OTf)3 at high temperature in an ionic liquid to give 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans. ... 

This reaction may be traced back to 1935 when Bruckner reported the structure of l,3-dimethyl-6,7-methylenedioxyisoquinoline. The reaction is a unique method for synthesizing isoquinolines from allyl phenyl ether via the process of a Claisen Rearrangement, double-bond migration, amination, and cyclization. ... 

Vanadium(II) chloride catalyzes the radical-chain addition of bromotrichloro-methane to terminal olefins such as allyl acetate, allyl phenyl ether, and vinyl acetate, to regioselectively form the corresponding adduct 27 [52]. Hydroxy olefins undergo the addition and subsequent cyclization to give oxacycloalkanes 28 (Scheme 2.17). 

Powell, Maki, and Fu reported a Ni-catalyzed tandem radical 5-exo cyclization/ Stille coupling reaction (Fig. 19) [75]. When allylic bromo ethers 80 were subjected to a reaction with trichlorophenylstannane 81a in the presence of 10 mol% NiCl2 and 15 mol% of bipy 26, bicyclic phenyl-substituted products 82 were isolated in 57-67% yield and moderate to excellent endo-diastereoselectivity. Suzuki-Miyaura-type coupling reactions of 80 with arylboronic acids 81b worked similarly in 69-87%... 

While allyl and glycidyl ethers are converted into a mixture of oxetane and oxepine products with xec-butyllithium, Mordini and co-workers reported that allyl, benzyl, and propargyl epoxy ethers can be regioselectively converted into 2-vinyl, 2-phenyl, or 2-aIkynyl-3-(hydroxyalkyl) oxetanes upon treatment with either Schlosser s base or other mixed metal bases. Some of the best results were obtained with the LDA/potassium ferf-butoxide mixture (LIDAKOR, ref 194). While rearrangement of propargylic or benzylic epoxide ethers formed exclusively the four-membered oxetanes, rearrangements of allyl oxiranyl ethers show a selectivity for cyclization to the seven-membered ring. Trialkylsilyl-substituted epoxide allyl ethers also show a preference for the oxepine, and mixtures are obtained as the size of the silyl substituents is increased (Scheme 17). 

This sequential cyclization is strongly dependent on the nature of the solvent used [67]. As shown in the reaction of methallyl phenyl ether 17, the formation of coumaran 43 was accelerated in phenolic solvent. On the other hand, N,N-dimethyl-aniline dramatically depressed the isomerization of double bond and cyclizahon and it was the best solvent to obtain the ortho allyl phenol derivahve 83. 

The catalytic version of allylation of nucleophiles via 7r-allylpaUadium intermediates was discovered in 1970 using allylic esters and aUyl phenyl ethers as substrates (Scheme Formation of 7r-allylpaUadium complexes by oxidative addition of various allylic compounds to Pd(0) and subsequent reaction of electrophilic rr-allylpalladium complexes with soft carbon nucleophiles are the basis of the catalytic allylation. After the reaction, Pd(0) is regenerated, which undergoes oxidative addition to the allylic compounds again, making the whole reaction catalytic. The efficient catalytic cycle is ascribed to the characteristic feature that Pd(0) is more stable than Pd(II). Allylation of carbon nucleophiles with allyhc compounds via TT-allylpalladium complexes is called the Tsuji-Trost reaction. The reaction has wide synthetic applications, particularly for cyclization. " ... 

Friedel-Crafts cyclization benzo[i]thiophenes from, 4, 873 Ethanol, 2-(4-imidazolyl)-synthesis, 5, 484 Ethanol, (S)-l-phenyl-synthesis, 1, 434 Ethanol, 2-phenyl-isochroman synthesis from, 3, 788 Ether, allyl pyridyl... 

The epoxy alcohol 47 is a squalene oxide analog that has been used to examine substrate specificity in enzymatic cyclizations by baker s yeast [85], The epoxy alcohol 48 provided an optically active intermediate used in the synthesis of 3,6-epoxyauraptene and marmine [86], and epoxy alcohol 49 served as an intermediate in the synthesis of the antibiotic virantmycin [87], In the synthesis of the three stilbene oxides 50, 51, and 52, the presence of an o-chloro group in the 2-phenyl ring resulted in a lower enantiomeric purity (70% ee) when compared with the analogs without this chlorine substituent [88a]. The very efficient (80% yield, 96% ee) formation of 52a by asymmetric epoxidation of the allylic alcohol precursor offers a synthetic entry to optically active 11 -deoxyanthracyclinones [88b], whereas epoxy alcohol 52b is one of several examples of asymmetric epoxidation used in the synthesis of brevitoxin precursors [88c]. Diastereomeric epoxy alcohols 54 and 55 are obtained in combined 90% yield (>95% ee each) from epoxidation of the racemic alcohol 53 [89], Diastereomeric epoxy alcohols, 57 and 58, also are obtained with high enantiomeric purity in the epoxidation of 56 [44]. The epoxy alcohol obtained from substrate 59 undergoes further intramolecular cyclization with stereospecific formation of the cyclic ether 60 [90]. 

A related solid phase method, involving palladium mediated deprotection of a phenyl allyl ether and cyclization on to a dienone, has also been described <01JA6740>. In a synthesis of... 

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