Stereospecific Lewis Acid-Promoted Reactions of Styrenyl Systems with 2-Alkoxy-(6-Alkyl)-1,4-Benzoquinones: Scope, Limitations, and Synthetic Applications
作者:Thomas A. Engler、Keith D. Combrink、Michael A. Letavic、Kenneth O. Lynch、James E. Ray
DOI:10.1021/jo00101a016
日期:1994.11
Titanium(IV)-promoted reactions of various (E)-1-propenylbenzenes with 2-methoxy- and 2-methoxy-6-methyl-1,4-benzoquinones produce trans 2-aryl-6-methoxy-3-(and 4-di)methyl-2,3-dihydro-5-benzofuranols (10-12), rel-(1S,6R,7R,8R)-3-methoxy-8-aryl-7-(and 1-di)methylbicyclo[4.2.0]oct-3-ene-2,5-diones (2 + 2 cycloadducts, 13-15) and/or rel-(1R,5R,6R,7R)-7-aryl-3-hydroxy-6-(and 4)methylbicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-ene-2,8-diones (5 + 2 cycloadducts, 16/17). In many cases, each of the three products can be obtained selectively in good yield by control of reaction conditions and/or by choice of substituents on the quinone or the propenylbenzene. The dihydrobenzofurans are formed stereoselectively, whereas the formation of the bicyclo[4.2.0] systems are stereospecific processes. Thus, reactions of (Z)-1-propenylbenzenes afford rel-(1R,6S,7R,8R)-8-aryl-3-methoxy-7-methylbicyclo[4.2.0]oct-3-ene-2,5-diones (24, 25). No bicyclo[3.2.1]systems. are found in reactions of the (Z)-propenylbenzenes. The products all apparently result from a thermally allowed 2 pi + 4 pi (2 + 5) cycloaddition of the propenylbenzene with a 2-methoxy-4-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadienyl carbocation intermediate (26) formed by coordination of the Ti(IV) to the C-1 carbonyl oxygen of the quinone. In the cycloaddition, the aryl ring of the propenylbenzene occupies an endo position with respect to the pentadienyl carbocation moiety of 26 and the bicyclo[3.2.1] carbocation product of the cycloaddition (28/29) either undergoes dealkylation or rearrangment to yield the observed products. Treatment of the bicylo[4.2.0] systems with protic acid effects their rearrangement to the dihydrobenzofuranols. Reactions of 2-propenylbenzenes and arylcycloalkenes with the quinones regioselectively give dihydrobenzofuranols 43-45 and 49-54, respectively; a 2 + 2 cycloadduct is found in low yield in only one case. The 7-aryl-3-hydroxy-6-methylbicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-ene-2,8-diones are produced exclusively in reactions of 2-((4-methoxybenzyl)oxy)-1,4-benzoquinones with various propenylbenzenes. Application of these reactions to the synthesis of (+/-)-obtusafuran, (+/-)-liliflol-B, (+/-)-kadsurenone, and (+/-) denudatin are reported.