3- Thio-substituted furans

Gevorgyan has shown that Cu(I)-catalysis can be successftilly employed for the transformation of allenyl ketones 22 into the corresponding furans 23 (Scheme 8.11) [116]. Most importantly, cycloisomerization of 4-thio-substituted... 

Halogens react with benzo[6]furan by an addition-elimination mechanism to give 2- and 3-substituted products (76JCS(P2)266). Treatment of benzo[6]thiophene with chlorine or bromine in acetic acid gives predominantly 3-substituted products (71JCS(B)79). 2,2,3,3,4,5,6,7-Octachloro-2,3-dihydrobenzothiophene is obtained when benzo[6]thio-phene is treated with chlorine in the presence of 1 mole of iodine (80JOC2l5l). 

Substituted TMM complexes also cycloadd to aldehydes in the presence of a tin cocatalyst such as MesSnOAc and MesSnOTs [31]. Reaction of 2-heptenal with methyl precursor (6) gave a mixture of methylenetetrahydrofurans (68) and (69). This regioselectivity is reversed with 10-undecenal and methyl precursor (5), where adduct (70) now predominates over (71). As in the carbocyclic system, the phenylthio group also functions as a regiocontrol element in reaction with cyclohexyl aldehyde. The initially formed adduct (72) eliminates the element of thio-phenol on attempted allyl rearrangement, and the overall process becomes a cycloaddition approach to furans (Scheme 2.21) [20]. 

Several related methods for the preparation of differentially substituted 5-thio-2,3-trisubstituted furans were developed, which involved the formation of a thionium ion and the cyclization of this reactive intermediate into the tethered carbonyl group <02JOC1595>. 

Claisen rearrangement. On contrary, thioethers 226 and 227 synthesized by the reaction of the corresponding furan or thiophene with allyl mercaptane are thermally stable and no evidence of thio-Claisen rearrangement of these compounds was found. ° The fluorine atom of 2-fluoro-3-trifluoromethylfurans and thiophenes can be replaced upon nucleophilic substitution with benzyl alcohols. Compounds 228 are susceptible to [1,3]- and [l,5]-benzyl group migration. " ... 

Pyrrole- and Furan-fused Thio diens and Related Compounds.— The interest in the chemistry of thienopyrroles is still increasing. Starting from 2-amino-3-carbonyl-substituted thiophens obtained by the Gewald reaction, the A -ethoxy-carbonylmethyl derivative (245) was prepared either by direct alkylation with ethyl bromoacetate, or by reductive alkylation with methyl glyoxalate. The compounds (245) were then ring-closed directly, or after acetylation, to the... 

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