An efficient and practical synthesis of triaryl and trisindolylmethanes is reported via the bisarylation of aryl aldehydes with activated arenes. The new method features mild solvent-free reaction conditions, in most cases nearly stoichiometric reagent ratios, catalytic amount of the readily available, easily-handled, recoverable and reusable Brønsted acid catalyst o-benzenedisulfonimide.
CuBr2-catalyzed alkylation of furans with benzyl alcohols and benzaldehydes. Domino reactions including this alkylation as a key step
作者:Anton S. Makarov、Anna E. Kekhvaeva、Christopher J.J. Hall、Daniel R. Price、Igor V. Trushkov、Maxim G. Uchuskin
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2017.10.054
日期:2017.12
CuBr2-catalyzed alkylation of furans with a broad scope of benzyl alcohols and benzaldehydes is reported. Reaction proceeds efficiently under mild reaction conditions requiring no inert atmosphere or other precautions. Moreover, it is shown that CuBr2 catalyzes domino reactions of furans with benzyl alcohols or benzaldehydes bearing a nucleophilic moiety in the ortho-position. These protocols offer a
an efficient catalyst for a double Friedel–Crafts reaction of various heteroarenes, i.e. 2-methylfuran, 2-ethylfuran, 2-methylthiophene, pyrrole, N-methylpyrrole and indole, using aldehydes as alkylating agents under “open-flask” conditions with toluene or water as the reaction media. In the presence of 10 mol% iodine in toluene at room temperature, both aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes reacted smoothly