Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage of a-Hydroxybenzylheteroarenes to Ketones and Heteroarenes by Catalytic Action of Cyanide Ion Based on Retro-Benzoin Condensation
摘要:
Treatment of 4-(alpha-benzyl-alpha-hydroxybenzyl)quinazoline (2a) with potassium cyanide in DMF resulted in carbon-carbon bond cleavage to give benzyl phenyl ketone (3a) and quinazoline (4). Similar results were obtained with other 4-(alpha-hydroxybenzyl)quinazolines (2b-f and 7a). This reaction proceeds through retrobenzoin condensation. This condensation also proceeded in pyrazolopyrimidine (9a) triazolopyrimidine (10a), quinoxaline (11a), and benzimidazole (12a), and the imidazolium salt (16) was an effective catalyst.
Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage of .ALPHA.-Hydroxybenzylheteroarenes Catalyzed by Cyanide Ion: Retro-Benzoin Condensation Affords Ketones and Heteroarenes and Benzyl Migration Affords Benzylheteroarenes and Arenecarbaldehydes.