Water-Promoted, Silver–Phosphine Complex–Catalyzed Stereoselective Cyclization of 2-(1-Hydroxy-3-arylprop-2-ynyl)phenols Leading to a Highly Efficient Approach to Aurones
摘要:
Silver-phosphine complexes can be utilized as highly efficient catalysts for the cyclization of 2-(1-hydroxy-3-arylprop-2-ynyl)phenols (1) to give product 2, key intermediates to synthesize aurones (4), with good yields and stereoselectivities in water-toluene mixed solvent. With fluoride as the counteranion, complete E- or Z-stereoselectivities were achieved at high temperature or room temperature, respectively. Furthermore, after removing water from the reaction mixtures, the toluene solution containing crude products 2 can be treated by MnO2 directly without further purification, to give aurones 4 in good yields.
An efficient and facile two-step strategy for the synthesis of (Z)-aurone from arylacetylenes and salicyladehydes, via silver(I) nitrate mediated cyclization/oxidation in the presence of potassium carbonate has been developed. The key feature of our method was delicate cascade reaction, to provide the corresponding (Z)-aurone in high yield and good regio- and stereo selectivity.