摘要:
a-convenient diastereoselective rearrangement of the racemic (R/S)-spirolchroman-2,4'-imidazolidine]-2',4,5'-triones 3a-c into (2'R,5S)- and (2'S,5R)-5-(3-oxo-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-2-yl)imidazolidine-2,4-diones 4a-c under alkali conditions is described. The obtained sigma bridged benzofuran-3(2H)-one-hydantoin dyads 4a-c are subsequently transformed into pi conjugated benzofuran-3(2H)-one-hydantoin dyads 5a-c by a diastereoselective dehydrogenation using I-2 (catalytic)/DMSO system to predominantly yield the (Z)-isomer. The novel single and double bonded benzofuran-3(2H)-one-hydantoin conjugate structures 4a-c and 5a-c were unambiguously elucidated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and 2D NMR techniques allowing an in-depth stereochemical and mechanistic discussions. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.