- Sc(OTf)3a'Catalyzed Ca'C Bond-Forming Reaction of Cyclic Peroxy Ketals for the Synthesis of Highly Functionalized 1,2-Dioxene Endoperoxides
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A new and general Sc(OTf)3-catalyzed C-C bond-forming reaction of 3-(2-methoxyethoxy)-endoperoxy ketals with silyl ketene acetals, silyl enol ethers, allyltrimethylsilane, and trimethylsilyl cyanide has been developed via the reactive peroxycarbenium ions, affording a wide range of complicated 3,3,6,6-tetrasubstituted 1,2-dioxenes bearing adjacent quaternary carbons and 3-acetyl/allyl/cyano functional groups in good yields at room temperature. Notably, the resultant 1,2-dioxenes are structurally stable, which can be facially transformed into another important 1,2-dioxane endoperoxide under conventional hydrogenation conditions without deconstructing the weak O-O bond.
- Feng, Haowei,Zhao, Yukun,Liu, Pengkang,Hu, Lin
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p. 1632 - 1637
(2021/03/08)
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- Knoevenagel Reactions with β-Oxo Acids. Regiospecific Enol Equivalents for Syntheses of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones and of Some β-Ketols
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3-Oxobutanoic acid reacts with aliphatic aldehydes in the presence of pyridine to give α,β-unsaturated methyl ketones in good yields.Analogous results were obtained with a series of other β-oxo acids.Synthesis of (E)-7-methyloct-4-en-3-one, a major constituent of the marine sponge Plakortis zygompha, has been carried out using this methodology.Aromatic aldehydes are generally less reactive under these conditions but give β-ketols when the phenyl ring bears an electron-withdrawing substituent.Some observations on the mechanism of the reaction between 3-oxobutanoic acid and benzaldehyde are presented.
- Grayson, David H.,Tuite, Mathew R. J.
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p. 2137 - 2142
(2007/10/02)
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