A new strategy for thiochromen‐4‐one synthesis that relies on the denitrative formal [5 + 1] cycloaddition of 1‐(2‐nitrophenyl)‐2‐yn‐1‐ones with thioacetamide is described. Achieved under reaction conditions that did not require transition metal catalysis, nor the exclusion of air or moisture, the reaction is suggested to involve exploiting the propensity of thioacetamide to undergo hydrolysis under basic conditions. This is follows by addition of the ensuing sulfide anion to the 1,3‐alkynone and a nucleophilic aromatic substitution and denitrative rearomatization cascade to give the S‐heterocyclic product in yields of 41‐99%.
Copper-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of 2-Arylthiochromenones: An in Situ Recycle of Waste Byproduct as Useful Reagent
作者:Subramani Sangeetha、Govindasamy Sekar
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.8b03508
日期:2019.1.4
Copper-catalyzed one-pot synthesis of various 2-arylthiochromenones is developed using xanthate as an odorless sulfur source from easily acquirable 2′-halochalcones. This methodology demonstrates that the cross-coupled product thiochromanone synthesized from 2′-halochalcones (upstream reaction) is oxidized to thiochromenone (downstream reaction) in the same pot using waste byproduct (KI) of the first
Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of 2-substituted 4H-thiochromenes and 4H-chromenes was successfully developed. This method provided highly efficient access to a series of chiral 2-substituted thiochromanes and chromanes in high yields with excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99% yield, 86–99% ee). The obtained chiral 2-substituted thiochromane products were also successfully transformed to