作者:Jianfeng Song、Hans-Jürgen Hansen
DOI:10.1002/(sici)1522-2675(19991006)82:10<1690::aid-hlca1690>3.0.co;2-d
日期:1999.10.6
4-Methylazulenes 3, 15, and 23 were transformed into 4-[(methylthio)methyl]azulene 4, and azulene-4-carbaldehyde dimethyl dithioacetals 16 and 24, respectively. Vilsmeier formylation of 4 and 16, and subsequent reduction led to the I-methyl derivatives 6 and 18, respectively. The thermal reaction of azulenes 6, 18, and 24 with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (ADM) in toluene afforded heptalenes with a (methylthio)methyl group or a [bis(methylthio)]methyl group at C(6). Chlorination of [(methylthio)methyl]heptalene 7, followed by treatment with HgO and BF3. OEt2 in aqueous tetrahydrofuran (THF), led to 6-formylheptalene-dicarboxylate 12 in excellent yield. Similarly. hydrolysis of 18 and 24 by HgO and BF3. OEt2 in aqueous THF afforded the 6-formyl derivatives 21 and 27, respectively. Wittig reaction of the 6-formyl-substituted heptalenes and phosphonium salts 13a-e in the two-phase system CH2CI2/2N aqueous NaOH resulted in the formation of 6-styryl-substituted heptalenes.