Coumarin formation acid catalyzed

The acid-catalyzed cyclization of 3-(2-hydroxyphenyl)propan-l-ones leads to chrom-2-enes. This reaction accounts for the formation of 2,4-diphenylchrom-2-ene from the reaction of phenylmagnesium bromide on coumarin. The organometallic reagent ring-opens the coumarin to the ketone which cyclizes to the chromene on boiling with acetic acid (Scheme 26) (63T839). In a similar manner, various benzocoumarins afford propanones which cyclize readily in acetic acid to the naphthopyran (70JCS(C)1758). 

The prenylated benzoic acid and the coumarin ring are derived from L-tyrosine. Walsh et al. proposed a biosynthetic pathway for coumarin formation in which NovH, a didomainal enzyme containing an adenylation (A) domain and a thiolation (T) domain, catalyzes L-tyrosyl-AMP formation. The A domain of NovH selects and... 

The intermolecular reaction of phenols with propiolic esters occurs in the presence of a Pd(OAc)2 catalyst to afford coumarin derivatives directly.48,48a An exclusive formation of 5,6,7-trimethoxy-4-phenylcoumarin is observed in the Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed reaction of 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenol with ethyl phenylpropiolate in TFA (Equation (46)). Coumarin derivatives are obtained in high yields in the cases of electron-rich phenols, such as 3,4-methylenedioxyphenol, 3-methoxyphenol, 2-naphthol, and 3,5-dimethylphenol. A similar direct route to coumarin derivatives is accomplished by the reaction of phenols with propiolic acids (Equation (47)).49 A similar reaction proceeds in formic acid at room temperature for the synthesis of coumarins.50,50a Interestingly, Pd(0), rather than Pd(n), is involved in this reaction. 

We have been particularly enamored with the development of experiments involving carbon-carbon bond formation, especially as part of tandem reactions occurring in a single container (see the Diels-Alder reaction. Figure 1). One such reaction is the synthesis of simple esters of coumarin-3-carboxylic acids via a Knoevenagel condensation between malonic esters and various a-hydroxybenzaldehydes, followed by intramolecular nucleophilic acyl substitution. This conversion, catalyzed by piperidine, has been carried out under a variety of conditions, for example, at room temperature without solvent... 

Electrochemical reduction of coumarin [187] affords the meso and ( ) forms of a product hydrodimerized (at C-4) like many other a,)6-unsaturated acid derivatives. In the presence of tertiary amines, which are not destroyed during the process but catalyze the evolution of hydrogen, a transfer of hydrogen takes place from the amine radical to the coumarin radical with formation of 3,4-dihydrocoumarin. Asymmetric amines cause asymmetric induction during the reduction of 4-methylcoumarin, as in Chapter 26 [188]. 

The moisture- and air-stable ionic liquids, l-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetra-lluoroborate [bmim]BF and l-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate [bmim]PFg, were used as green recyclable alternatives to volatile organic solvents for the ethylenediaimnonium diacetate-catalyzed Knoevenagel condensation between aldehydes or ketones with active methylene compounds. As described by Su et al. [57], the ionic hquids containing a catalyst were recycled several times without decrease in yields and reaction rates. In the case of 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde, the reactions led to the formation of 3-substituted coumarin derivatives in high yields of up to 95% (Scheme 17.11). When ethyl cyanoacetate was used, 2-imino-27f-l-benzopyran-3-carboxyhc acid ethyl ester was formed. 

Biju and co-workers developed an NHC-catalyzed reaction of 2-bromoenals with heterocyclic C—H acids, leading to the formation of coumarin/quinoli-none-fused dihydropyranone/dihydropyridinone derivatives. The reaction proceeds via the generation of a,p-unsaturated acylazolium intermediates. Moreover, the authors also presented the results on the enantioselec-tive version of this reaction (4 examples with up to 93% yield and 86% ee) (Scheme 7.103). 

Application of MW irradiation in the solid add-catalyzed reaction of resorcinol and phloroglucinol with ethyl acetoacetate and propenoic and propynoic acid resulted in the formation of corresponding hydroxy coumarins in very high yields, avoiding the acidic waste associated with aqueous and Lewis adds (De la Hoz et al. 1999). 

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