2- substituted benzofuran

Benzofurans. 2-Substituted benzofurans can be obtained in 65-83% yield by reaction of o-iodophenols and 1-alkynes in the presence of Cu20 suspended in pyridine. This synthesis has been conducted in the past by reaction of copper(I) acety-lides with o-halophenols, but yields are somewhat lower. In addition, copper(I) acetylides can be explosive. 

Unsubstituted benzofuran and dibenzofuran show very intense peaks of the molecular ions,22b reflecting their high stability, caused by the lack of bonds which can be cleaved easily. The spectra of benzofurans substituted with a methyl group in the benzene ring (15) are characterized by abundant ions at M-l. They are assumed to have the oxonium ion structure [17] (see Budzikiewicz,11 p. 230) rather than that of a tropylium ion [16],22b as might be supposed considering the decomposition of analogous benzene compounds.22b... 

The Suzuki reaction is an excellent method for the functionalization of furans and benzofurans. The aromatic groups have served as both the boron component [60] and the halide partner in a large number of reactions. A variety of furan and benzofuran substitution patterns are accessible via Suzuki couplings [1, 34]. 

F. 7.1 Unique benzofurans substituted by a hemiterpenoid at C-3 (subsequent ring closure in case of congener B) from a ptileotropical convolvulaceous species... 

The formation of disubstituted alkynes by coupling of terminal alkynes, followed by intramolecular attack of an alcohol or amine, is used for the preparation of benzofurans and indoles. The benzo[il)]furan 356 can be prepared easily by the reaction of o-iodophenol with a terminal alkyne[262]. The 2-substituted indole 358 is prepared by the coupling of 2-ethynylaniline (357) with aryl and alkenyl halides or triflates, followed by Pd(ll)-catalyzed cycliza-tion[263]. 

The reaction between copper(I) acetylides and o-halogenophenols or -anilines provides a general and convenient route to 2-substituted benzofurans or indoles (Scheme 71g) (66JOC4071). 

Finally, the Hammett equation has been applied in a few instances to heterocycles of the indole-benzofuran type. The double p method of Eq. (3) was first designed for this type of system and was here applied. When this approach was originally proposed, the only truly hetero-cychc system to which it was apphed was the substituted phthahds 14, and pertinent data on the hydrolysis of these compounds are included in Table IX. 

Substituted 1-benzoxepins can be obtained by the cycloaddition of activated acetylenes to the benzofuran system. When 2-(Af-mcthylanilino)benzofurans is treated with dimethyl acetylene-dicarboxylate, substituted 1-benzoxepins 1 are obtained in reasonable yield.180,181 This reaction presumably involves a 2a,7b-dihydrocyclobuta[6]bcnzofuran as an intermediate (see Section 4.2).182... 

A plausible pathway is that the aromatisation of the cyclohexadienone 92 by a proton shift is accelerated in the presence of Ac20 under formation of acetate 93. The simultaneously generated acetic acid then cleaves the acetate to form the free phenol 94 (Scheme 44). This effect was observed for the first time during studies towards the total synthesis of the lipid-alternating and anti-atherosclerotic furochromone khellin 99 [64].The furanyl carbene chromium complex 96 was supposed to react with alkoxyalkyne 95 in a benzannulation reaction to give the densely substituted benzofuran derivative 97 (Scheme 45). Upon warming the reaction mixture in tetrahydrofuran to 65 °C the reaction was completed in 4 h, but only a dimerisation product could be isolated. This... 

The Diels-Alder reaction of 2-vinylfurans 73 with suitable dienophiles has been used to prepare tetrahydrobenzofurans [73, 74] by an extra-annular addition these are useful precursors of substituted benzofurans (Scheme 2.29). In practice, the cycloadditions with acetylenic dienophiles give fully aromatic benzofurans directly, because the intermediate cycloadducts autoxidize during the reaction or in the isolation procedure. In the case of a reaction with nitro-substituted vinylbenzofuran, the formation of the aromatic products involves the loss of HNO2. 

Benzofurans have been prepared by microwave-accelerated cyclocondensation of differently substituted salicylaldehydes 182 with esters of chloroacetic acid 183 in the presence of K2CO3 (used as the solid support) and tetrabutyl-ammonium bromide (TBAB) as phase transfer catalyst [120]. This method seemed general regarding the variations at the benzene ring and the nature of the ester moiety (Scheme 66). 

Bromomethyl-3,4-dibromo-3,4-dihydrocoumarin 1 (Fig. 11.4) and its chloro-methylated analogue 2b rapidly and progressively inactivate a-chymotrypsin and also the activities of a series of trypsin-like proteases. A benzyl substituent characteristic of good substrates of a-chymotrypsin was introduced at the 3-position to make inhibition more selective. This substituted dihydrocoumarin 3 irreversibly inhibited a-chymotrypsin and other proteases. These functionalized six-membered aromatic lactones, and their five- and seven-membered counterparts, 3//-benzofuran-2-ones 2a26 and 4,5-dihydro-3//-benzo[b]oxepin-2-ones 2c,27 were the first efficient suicide inhibitors of serine proteases. Their postulated mechanism of action is shown in Scheme 11.2. 

Synthesis of 2-alkyl- or 2-aryl-substituted benzo[b]furans has been reported, involving a CuITMEDA complex which catalyzes the transformation of readily available ketone derivatives into the corresponding benzofurans in good-to-excellent yields in water (Eq. 6.13).29... 

Other electrophilic substitution reactions on aromatic and heteroaromatic systems are summarized in Scheme 6.143. Friedel-Crafts alkylation of N,N-dimethyl-aniline with squaric acid dichloride was accomplished by heating the two components in dichloromethane at 120 °C in the absence of a Lewis acid catalyst to provide a 23% yield of the 2-aryl-l-chlorocydobut-l-ene-3,4-dione product (Scheme 6.143 a) [281]. Hydrolysis of the monochloride provided a 2-aryl-l-hydroxycyclobut-l-ene-3,4-dione, an inhibitor of protein tyrosine phosphatases [281], Formylation of 4-chloro-3-nitrophenol with hexamethylenetetramine and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) at 115 °C for 5 h furnished the corresponding benzaldehyde in 43% yield, which was further manipulated into a benzofuran derivative (Scheme 6.143b) [282]. 4-Chloro-5-bromo-pyrazolopyrimidine is an important intermediate in the synthesis of pyrazolopyrimi-dine derivatives showing activity against multiple kinase subfamilies (see also Scheme 6.20) and can be rapidly prepared from 4-chloropyrazolopyrimidine and N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) by microwave irradiation in acetonitrile (Scheme... 

Cyclodesulfurization of thiosemicarbazides, containing pyrazole <2002PS67> or benzofuran <2002PS863, 2004PS1577> units, by yellow mercuric oxide or by l,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin in the presence of potassium iodide <2006TL4889> afforded the respectively substituted oxadiazoles. 

Photochemistry has also been a prominent theme this past year. Intermolecular photocyclization reactions involving pyridones have been reported . An unusual photocyclization between 1-cyanonaphthalene and substituted pyridines was also reported . In similar fashion the reaction between benzofurans and substituted pyridines was reported by Sakamoto <00CC1201>. 

Intramolecular C-H insertion reactions of metal carbenoids have been widely used for the stereoselective construction of substituted lactams, lactones, cyclopentanones, benzofurans, and benzopyrans. Several excellent reviews have been published covering the general aspects of intramolecular C-H insertion by metal carbenoids.46,47 62 71 99-104 The following section highlights the major advances made since 1994, especially in asymmetric intramolecular C-H insertion. 

A common problem that has been encountered in these reactions is the premature cyclization of the intermediate 0-alkynylphenol to the corresponding 2-substituted benzofuran under the influence of a simple base.311 One strategy that has been found to suppress this premature cyclization is to deprotonate the phenol with MeMgCl prior to cyclization (Equation (91 )).321,322... 

Benzenesulfonic anhydride, 46, 88 Benzocyclobutenes, 1-substituted, from addition of a side-chain carban-ion to an aryne bond, 48, 55 Benzofuran, 46,28 Benzoic acid, 2-phenylethyl ester,... 

Substituting the benzene ring with a double bond, Pd-catalyzed intramolecular alkoxylation of alkyne 122 also proceeded via an alkenyl palladium complex to form furan 123 instead of a benzofurans [99, 100]. In addition, 3-hydroxyalkylbenzo[fc]furans was prepared by Bishop et al via a Pd-catalyzed heteroannulation of silyl-protected alkynols with 2-iodophenol in a fashion akin to the Larock indole synthesis, [101]. 

The most unique feature of furan synthesis using palladium chemistry is heteroannulation. Enones, ynones and ynols all have been annulated into furans and benzofurans. More importantly, trapping the reactive Pd(II) intermediates at different stages with electrophiles offers unique opportunities to synthesize substituted furans and benzofurans. 

Several antimicrobial benzofuran derivatives including dihydropyrida-zinone-substituted congeners of type (118, R = H, Ac, Ph, cycloaminomethyl) have been prepared in Egypt [335, 336], The triazinylpyridazinedione (119) has also been reported to have antibacterial properties [337],... 

Anodic oxidations of heteroaromatic cycles (furans, pyrroles, benzofurans) in the presence of methanol have been extensively studied [148-165]. The electromethoxyla-tion of differently substituted furans gives 2,5-dimethoxy-2,5-dihydrofurans in moderate to good yields (Scheme 96) [148-159, 166-170]. 

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