2860-03-9Relevant articles and documents
Convenient synthesis of flavanone derivatives via oxa-Michael addition using catalytic amount of aqueous cesium fluoride
Miura, Motofumi,Shigematsu, Karin,Toriyama, Masaharu,Motohashi, Shigeyasu
, (2021/10/25)
A total of 36 flavanones, which included polycyclic aromatic and heterocyclic rings, were readily synthesized via oxa-Michael addition from the corresponding hydroxychalcones with a catalytic amount of aqueous cesium fluoride solution under mild conditions. This method could be applied to the scalable synthesis of eriodictyol as a known potent inhibitor of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.
Extended Aromatic and Heteroaromatic Ring Systems in the Chalcone-Flavanone Molecular Switch Scaffold
Muller, Brian M.,Litberg, Theodore J.,Yocum, Reid A.,Pniewski, Chanté A.,Adler, Marc J.
, p. 5775 - 5781 (2016/07/13)
Previous work on the o-hydroxychalcone/flavanone molecular switching scaffold showed that simple substitutions alter the pH range in which rapid interconversion occurs. Herein, more impactful structural modifications were performed via alteration of the characteristic phenyl rings to alternative aromatic systems. It was determined that the scaffold was still viable after these changes and that the range of accessible midpoint pH values was markedly increased. To further explore the switch's scope, scaffolds able to have multiple switching events were also investigated.
Asymmetric ion-pairing catalysis of the reversible cyclization of 2'-hydroxychalcone to flavanone: Asymmetric catalysis of an equilibrating reaction
Hintermann, Lukas,Dittmer, Claudia
supporting information, p. 5573 - 5584 (2012/11/13)
The asymmetric catalytic cyclization of the simple 2'-hydroxychalcone (1) to flavanone (2), a model for the chalcone isomerase reaction, has been realized as a catalytic asymmetric ion-pairing process with chiral quaternary ammonium salts (e.g., 9-anthracenylmethlycinchoninium chloride; 9-Am-CN-Cl) and NaH as small-molecule co-catalyst. In toluene/CHCl3 solution, the process reaches an intrinsic enantioselectivity of up to S = 14.4 (er = 93.5:6.5). The reversible reaction proceeds in two steps: A fast initial reaction approaches a quasi-equilibrium with KR/S = 4.5, followed by a second, slow racemization phase approaching Krac = 9. A simple mechanistic model featuring a living ion-pairing catalysis with full reversibility is proposed. Deuterium transfer from co-solvent CDCl3 to product 2 and isolation of a Michael conjugate formed from 2 and 1 demonstrate the intermediacy of flavanone enolate ion pairs. A kinetic model shows good agreement with the experimentally observed, peculiar, time-dependent evolution of the species concentrations and the enantiomeric excess of 2. The reaction is a chemical model of the chalcone isomerase enzymatic reaction. Furthermore, it is an ideal model for studying the characteristic behavior of reversible asymmetric catalyses close to their equilibria.
