作者:L. M. Pevzner
DOI:10.1023/a:1024700307233
日期:——
Ethyl 5-isobutyl-2-methylfuran-3-carboxylate is selectively brominated with N-bromosuccin-imide by the methyl group to give an unstable bromide. The latter on heating or in the presence of bases undergoes dehydrobromination accompanied by rearrangement, leading to a (2,2-dimethylvinyl)furan derivative. Phosphorylation of this bromide with trimethyl phosphite gives a 2-dimethoxyphosphorylmethyl derivative and a product containing the phosphonate group alpha to the isobutyl radical. Chloromethylation of the starting ester proceeds in the 4 position of the furan ring. The resulting chloride undergoes phosphorylation under conditions of the Michaelis-Becker reaction to give the corresponding 4-(dialkoxyphosphorylmethyl)furan, and under the action of trimethyl phosphite a mixture of the same phosphonate and a dehalogenation product having a dimethylvinyl fragment. Bromination of the 4-chloromethyl derivative with N-bromosuccinimide involves the 2-methyl group. The dihalide reacts with trimethyl phosphite by way of reduction of the bromomethyl group to give 4-chloromethyl- or 4-dimethoxyphosphorylmethyl derivatives, as well as analogous dehydrohalogenation products containing a 5-dimethylvinyl fragment. A scheme describing the sequence of formation of these products in the course of the reaction is offered.