摘要:
The Diels-Alder reaction involving cycloaddition of aryloxy-substituted 1,3-butadienes with appropriate acetylenic electrophiles, followed by aromatization of the newly formed cyclohexadiene ring, has been used for the synthesis of diaryl ethers. The functionalized aryloxy 1,3-butadienes employed in this study were prepared by either of two methods: (1) methylenation of aryl esters via the Tebbe or related reagents, and (2) from 1-(aryloxy)-2-propanone by a sequence of formylation or alkylthio methlylenation, and subsequent enolsilylation. A tetrasubstituted butadiene containing two phenoxy groups at the 1 and 3 positions also was prepared by the latter method. The cycloaddition reactions of 2,3-dioxy-substituted dienes occurred in high yield, but, as expected, with no regioselectivity to furnish nearly equal mixtures of regioisomeric cycloadducts. In contrast, application of 1,2,3-trihetero-substituted dienes resulted in regiospecific cycloaddition reactions. Transformation of the cyclohexadiene cycloadducts to an aromatic ring was accomplished by dehydrogenation with DDQ or by elimination during the cycloaddition process of a molecule of an alkyl mercaptan. A chiral acetylenic ketone derived from D- or L-serine underwent condensation, without racemization, with aryloxy dienes to provide diaryl ethers related to the isodityrosine antibiotics.