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Formation and Disproportionation of Xanthenols to Xanthenes and Xanthones and Their Use in Synthesis
Shi, Zeyu,Chen, Si,Xiao, Qiong,Yin, Dali
, p. 3334 - 3343 (2021/02/05)
A facile and versatile strategy employing TiCl4-mediated cyclization followed by a Cannizzaro reaction has been developed for the synthesis of various xanthene derivatives. The reaction proceeded smoothly to afford both xanthenes/xanthones or their sulfur derivatives and tolerated a wide range of electronically diverse substrates. Using this methodology, pranoprofen was synthesized in three steps in 59% overall yield from commercially available starting materials.