Styryl and functionalized aryl derivatives of lawsone through metal-free cross-coupling of its BF3-activated phenyliodonium ylide with cinnamaldehydes and arylaldehydes
作者:Elizabeth Malamidou-Xenikaki、Maria Tsanakopoulou、Maria Chatzistefanou、Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2015.06.037
日期:2015.8
Phenyliodonium ylide of lawsone activated with BF3 center dot Et2O reacts with cinnamaldehydes to afford 2-hydroxy-3-styryl-1,4-naphthoquinones in good to excellent yields and relatively high level of stereospecificity through deformylation of the aldehydes. The product yield is diminished with a methoxy substituted cinnamaldehyde and becomes zero with a dimethoxy substituted substrate giving rise to another product, 2-hydroxy-3-aryl-1,4-naphthoquinone. The reaction of the same ylide with salicylic aldehydes forms 2-hydroxy-3-(2-hydroxyary1)-1,4-naphthoquinones and/or benzo[d]naphtha[2,1-b]furano-5,6-diones, depending on the reaction conditions applied. Plausible reaction mechanisms explaining the formation of these products are proposed. The products showed potent antioxidant activity and inhibited lipoxygenase. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.