Furans alkylation reactions

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Evidence for ozonides to be primary products in furan and alkyl-substituted furan oxygenation reactions has been obtained. Thus, furan (388) is converted to a highly explosive substance at low temperatures,... 

The competition between Michael addition of a,(3-unsaturated ketones and Diels-Alder reactions involving furan and 2-methylfuran is affected by the catalyst used. Methyl vinyl ketone gives the alkylation product with furan and 2-methylfuran in the presence of silica gel (88TL175). Bis(alkylated) products have also been obtained in reactions of 2-methylene-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds (90H(31)1699). An intramolecular proton catalyzed alkylation reaction of an a,(3-unsaturated ketone provided a straightforward synthesis of norpinguisone (90TL4343) and in the example shown in Equation (4) the cyclization reaction involved an a,(3-y,8-dienone (94TL4887). 

Scheme 1) whereas the reaction with the D-man/io-hexodialdo-l,5-pyranose derivative 3 produced, in low yield, the cyanohydrin 4 having an L-glycero-D-manno configuration and the stereoisomeric epimer at C-5, rather than at C-6 [14J. With an atm toward the synthesis of d- and L-glycero-D-manno-heptoses, the reaction of 3 with other reagents (2-inethyl-furan, alkyl magnesium chlorides) was also explored, without any substantial improvement of either stereoselectivity or yield. 

Benzofuran-3(2/f)-ones (396) exist in the keto form but undergo ready enolization. Acetylation with acetic anhydride and sodium acetate affords 3-acetoxybenzo[6]furans, but reaction under acidic conditions usually supplies these products admixed with 3-acetoxy-2-acetylbenzo[6]furans. Alkylation usually furnishes a mixture of O- and C-alkylated products. 3-Acetoxy-6-methoxy-4-methylbenzo[6]furan, on Vilsmeier reaction, supplies the 3-chlorobenzo[6]furan-2-carbaldehyde, the product expected from an enolizable ketone (72AJC545). Benzofuran-3(2//)-ones react normally with carbonyl reagents. Grignard reagents react in the expected way and dehydration of the intermediate affords a 3-substituted benzo[6]furan. The methylene group is reactive so that self condensation, condensation with aldehydes and ketones and reaction with Michael acceptors all occur readily. 

The Friedel-Crafts acylation and alkylation reactions are fundamental processes in aromatic chemistry. Pyrroles and furans are not stable to the Lewis acids necessary for these reactions, but thiophenes are stable to Lewis acids, and do undergo Friedel-Crafts acylation and alkylation. 

Treatment of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with DBP in a methoxide/methanol system affords 2-alkyl-4-[(phenylsulfonyl)methyl]furans, where reaction proceeds by Initial addition-elimination on the vinyl sulfone moiety. In contrast, silyl enol ethers in the presence of silver tetrafluoroborate resulted in products derived from Sn2 displacement at the allylic site.11 Anions derived from 1,3-dicarbonyls substituted at the C-2 position are found to induce a complete reversal in the mode of ring closure.12 The major products obtained are 3-[(phenylsulfonyl)methyl]-substituted cyclopentenones. The internal displacement reaction leading to the furan ring apparently encounters an unfavorable Ai -interaction in the transition state when a substituent group is present at the 2-position ol the dicarbonyl compound. This steric Interaction is not present in the transition state leading to the cyclopentenone ring. 

Friedel-Crafts Alkylation Reactions. The activation of glyoxylate esters,trifluoromethyl pyruvate esters, and unsaturated a-ketoesters by catalyst 2 converts these materials into effective electrophiles for asymmetric Friedel-Crafts alkylation reactions with activated arenes (eqs 16 and 17). In fact, bis(triflate) (2) is far superior to tbe bis(hexafluoroantimonate) complex at catalyzing the enantioselective alkylation of benzene derivatives. Aniline and anisole derivatives both give the reaction, as do heterocyclic aromatic compounds such as indole and furan. 

Aromatic hydrocarbons, such as benzene add to alkenes using a ruthenium catalyst a catalytic mixture of AuCVAgSbFs, or a rhodium catalyst, and ruthenium complexes catalyze the addition of heteroaromatic compounds, such as pyridine, to alkynes. Such alkylation reactions are clearly reminiscent of the Friedel-Crafts reaction (11-11). Palladium catalysts can also be used to for the addition of aromatic compounds to alkynes, and rhodium catalysts for addition to alkenes (with microwave irradiation). " Note that vinyhdene cyclopropanes react with furans and a palladium catalyst to give aUylically substituted furans. ... 

So far only one example of furan alkylation assisted by arene complexes has been reported. D.J. Milner has shown that furan reacts with tert-hutyl chloride in the presence of (TX -mesitylene)Mo(CO)3 to afford a mixture of 2-fert-butyl-furan and 2,5-di-tert-butylfuran in 65-80% yields [20]. Both mono- and disub-stituted furans can be prepared as the major product by changing the furan/t-BuCl ratio. Although there is only one report of this reaction, the ability to synthesize mono- and disubstituted furans in a simple manner reflects the potential of this methodology which can be used for preparing substituted furans, that are valuable synthetic materials. 

To date, many electrophilic reagents, such as alkyl halides, alkenes, alkynes, carbonyl compounds, epoxides, alcohols, and ethers, have been investigated in AFC alkylation reactions. On the other hand, the reactive 5-membered heteroaromatic compounds, such as indole, pyrrole, furan, and thiophene derivatives, and electron-rich benzene derivatives have been successfully applied in AFC alkylation reactions. Indole and pyrrole derivatives are most popular substrates due to their high reactivity and account for almost 80% of the published methodologies. A variety of chiral organometal-lic catalysts and organocatalysts are employed in the catalytic AFC alkylation reactions with high enantiomeric control. 

Most AFC alkylation reactions are focused on relatively reactive furans, pyrroles, and indoles, whereas benzene derivatives are much less explored. The Wang group reported the organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of chromane and dihydrobenzopyrane derivatives 121 from readily available 1-naphthols and a,p-unsaturated aldehydes by the AFC alkylation/cyclization cascade reaction (Scheme 6.49). The process appeared to have a broad substrate... 

In the domino Michael/alkylation reaction applied to the synthesis of 3-(2H)-furanones, the ethyl 4-bromoacetoacetate 203 and nitrostyrene 204 were first trialed with a range of catalysts. In this instance, the so-called modified Feist Binary reaction was completed with an I-threonine bifunctional tertiary amine/thiourea catalyst 205 to produce the furanone 206 in excellent yield and high enantioselec-tivity (Scheme 7.42) [107]. In another report, the furan ring as part of other bicyclic or tricyclic systems was also prepared through an enantioselective Michael addi-tion/nucleophilic substitution reaction (Scheme 7.43) [108]. When diketones and ( )-P,P-bromonitrostyrenes 207 were stirred, again with a bifunctional thiourea... 

An intramolecular phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric 5 2-type alkylation reaction of alcohols with racemic secondary benzylic ethers resulted in a catalytic asymmetric transetherification reaction to form benzo[c]furan species via the potential of asymmetric Bronsted acid catalysis for the activation of normally unreactive functional groups such as ethers and potentially other less reactive substrates (13AGE3490). 

The dianions derived from furan- and thiophene-carboxylic acids by deprotonation with LDA have been reacted with various electrophiles (Scheme 64). The oxygen dianions reacted efficiently with aldehydes and ketones but not so efficiently with alkyl halides or epoxides. The sulfur dianions reacted with allyl bromide, a reaction which failed in the case of the dianions derived from furancarboxylic acids, and are therefore judged to be the softer nucleophiles (81JCS(Pl)1125,80TL505l). 

Acyl-pyrroles, -furans and -thiophenes in general have a similar pattern of reactivity to benzenoid ketones. Acyl groups in 2,5-disubstituted derivatives are sometimes displaced during the course of electrophilic substitution reactions. iV-Alkyl-2-acylpyrroles are converted by strong anhydrous acid to A-alkyl-3-acylpyrroles. Similar treatment of N-unsubstituted 2- or 3-acyIpyrroles yields an equilibrium mixture of 2- and 3-acylpyrroles pyrrolecarbaldehydes also afford isomeric mixtures 81JOC839). The probable mechanism of these rearrangements is shown in Scheme 65. A similar mechanism has been proposed for the isomerization of acetylindoles. 

Pyrrolethiols, readily obtained from the corresponding thiocyanates by reduction or treatment with alkali, rapidly oxidize to the corresponding disulfides. They are converted into thioethers by reaction with alkyl halides in the presence of base. Both furan- and thiophene-thiols exist predominantly as such rather than in tautomeric thione forms. 

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