Formation of 3-Sulfonyl-Substituted Benzo[a]heptalene-2,4-diols from Heptalene-1,2-dicarboxylates and Lithiomethyl Phenyl Sulfones
作者:Marc Lutz、Anthony Linden、Khaled Abou-Hadeed、Hans-Jürgen Hansen
DOI:10.1002/(sici)1522-2675(19990310)82:3<372::aid-hlca372>3.0.co;2-h
日期:1999.3.10
On treatment with 6 mol-equiv, of lithiomethyl phenyl sulfone at -78 degrees in THF, dimethyl 5,6,8,10-tetramethylhrptalene-1,2w-dicarboxylate (1b) gives, after raising the temperature to -10 degrees and addition of 6 mol-equiv. of BuLi; followed by further warming to ambient temperature, the corresponding 3-(phenyl- sulfonyl)benzo[a]haptalene-2,4-diol 2b in yields up to 65% (cf. Scheme 6 and Table 2),in contrast to its double-bond-shifted (DBS) isomer Ib which gave 2b in a yield of only 6% [1]. The bisanion [9](2-) of the cyclopenta[a]heptalen-1(1H)-one9 (cf. Fig. I),carrying a (phenylsulfonyl)methyl substituent at C(11b), seems to be a key intermediate on the reaction path to 2b, because 9 is transformed in high yield into 2b in the presence of 6 mol-equiv. of BuLi in the temperature range of -10 degrees to room temperature (cf Scheme 7). Heptalene-dicarboxylate 1'b was also transformed into benzo[a]heptalene-2,4-diols 2c-g by a number of lithiated methyl X-phenyl sulfones and BuLi (cf. Scheme 9 and Table 3).