Phenyl propargyl alcohols

An unexpected isomerization was observed for several Sonogashira adducts of certain heteroaromatics [122]. Although the reaction between 3-bromopyridine and phenyl propargyl alcohol resulted in the normal adduct 150 [122, 123], 2-iodopyridine 151 produced the isomerized chalcone 152, presumably due to promotion by triethylamine, under the same conditions [122]. 

The acyclic version of Larock s heteroannulation was successfully applied to the synthesis of highly substituted pyridines [166]. The annulation of rert-butylimine 210 with phenyl propargyl alcohol produced pyridine 211 regioselectively in excellent yield. The regiochemistry obtained was governed by steric effects. Furthermore, the choice of imines was crucial to the success of the heteroannulations. terr-Butylimine was the substrate of choice, since all other imines including methyl, isopropyl, allyl and benzyl imines failed completely to produce the desired heterocyclic products. 

Similarly phenyl propiolic acid is first reduced to phenyl propargyl alcohol which then forms a complex with LiAlH4 and decomposition of the latter with water gives cinnamyl alcohol. 

Thus, upon CIR of electron-deficient (hetero)aryl halides 11 and phenyl propargyl alcohol 12a, and subsequent addition of a hydrazine (29b) (R = Me) 3,5-disubstituted... 

Thus, upon CIR of electron-deficient (hetero)aryl halides 11 and phenyl propargyl alcohol 12a, after subsequent Stetter reaction with aldehydes 92 in presence of catalytic amounts of thiazolium salt 93, and after addition of glacial acetic acid and concentrated HCl, the 2,3,5-trisubstituted furans 95 are obtained in moderate to good yields in a one-pot procedure (Scheme 51) [260]. 

Consecutive ruthenium cyclization reactions of phenyl propargyl alcohols give cyclic... 

Treatment of 4-arylamino-8-iodoquinoline 268 with propargyl alcohol in presence of iodo(phenyl)bis(triphenylphosphine) palladium and copper (I)iodide afforded 269 which upon catalytic reduction using Linder s catalyst gave 4//-pyrrolo[3,2,l-(/]quinoline 270 (97H2395) (Scheme 48). 

Pieces of various routes to moxalactam have been published from which the following may be assembled as one of the plausible pathways. The benzhydrol ester of 6-aminopenici 11 anic acid ( ) is -chlorinated and treated with base whereupon the intermediate sulfenyl chloride fragments to ). Next, displacement with propargyl alcohol in the presence of zinc chloride gives predominantly the stereochemistry represented by dia-stereoisomer The side chain is protected as the phenyl-... 

The synthesis of enantiomerically pure propargylic alcohols is possible using the same methodology 43b. Thus, addition of (—)-[(l-chloro-2-phenylethyl)sulfinyl]-4-methylbenzene (14) to propan-al led to a mixture of the diastereomers 15A/15B (d.r. 44 56) which are easily separated by column chromatography. After thermal elimination of the sulfinyl group the vinyl chlorides 16A/16B were obtained as a mixture of E- and Z-oleftns. Elimination of hydrogen chloride was carried out with three equivalents of butyllithium, leading to enantiomerically pure 1 -phenyl-1-pentyn-3-ol. 

The Cu(I)-catalyzed cyclization for the formation of ethyl ( )-tetrahydro-4-methylene-2-phenyl-3-(phenylsulfonyl)furan-3-carboxylate 82 has been accomplished starting from propargyl alcohol and ethyl 2-phenylsulfonyl cinnamate. Upon treatment with Pd(0) and phenylvinyl zinc chloride as shown in the following scheme, the methylenetetrahydrofuran 82 can be converted to a 2,3,4-trisubstituted 2,5-dihydrofuran. In this manner, a number of substituents (aryl, vinyl and alkyl) can be introduced to C4 <00EJO1711>. Moderate yields of 2-(a-substituted N-tosyIaminomethyl)-2,5-dihydrofurans can be realized when N-tosylimines are treated with a 4-hydroxy-cis-butenyl arsonium salt or a sulfonium salt in the presence of KOH in acetonitrile. The mechanism is believed to involve a new ylide cyclization process <00T2967>. 

As described in the previous section, the ruthenium-catalyzed propargylic alkylation of propargylic alcohols with acetone afforded the corresponding alkylated products in high yields with complete selectivity [27]. When an optically active 1 -phenyl-2 -propyn-1 -ol was treated with acetone at room temperature in the presence of la as catalyst, only a racemic alkylated product was obtained [27]. This result... 

The oxidation of the primary hydroxyl groups in 3-phenyl-2-lV-acetylamino propanol and propargylic alcohol by electrogenerated chromic acid has been reported. jV-Acetylphenylalanin and propargylic acid are both formed in 90% current yield. 

Another option for Sonogashira coupling as an initiator of sequential catalysis is the coupling isomerization reaction (CIR) of electron-deficient halide and 1-aryl propargyl alcohols giving rise to the formation of chalcones [115, 116]. Based upon the CIR of electron-deficient halides 163 and l-(p-bromo phenyl) propyn-l-ol (164) Muller and Braun [117] presented a consecutive... 

The electrophilic propargylation at the C-2-position of furans with propargylic alcohols can be effected by using 5 mol% of the cationic methanethiolate diruthenium complex 41 as a catalyst (Equation 29). Substrates are limited to 1-phenyl-substituted secondary propargylic alcohols <2003AGE1495>. 

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