摘要:
AbstractVariously functionalized 1,5‐ and 1,7‐azulenequinones were easily derived in one‐pot in 30‐50% yield from the bromine‐oxidation of 2‐methoxyazulene and 2‐methyl derivatives of 1‐cyano‐, 1‐methoxycarbonyl‐ and its 7‐isopropyl derivatives, while 1‐methoxycarbonylazulene afforded several unstable products from which we could not isolate any azulenequinones. 1‐Acetylazulene afforded 3‐bromo‐1,5‐ and ‐1,7‐azulenequinones via side‐chain brominated intermediates in high yield. 1,3‐Dichloroazulene afforded a mixture of 3‐chloro‐1,5‐ and −1,7‐azulenequinones, while 1‐fluoro‐ and 1,3‐diiodoazulene gave a mixture of 3‐bromoazulenequinones. Analogous oxidation of 1,3‐difluoroazulene produced 3‐fluoroazulenequinones, but we could not isolate them due to its instability. Hydroxy group of 2‐(3‐hydroxypropyl)azulene was intact during this quinone formation reaction.