Functional group hybrids. Reactivity of .alpha.'-nucleofuge .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated ketones. 2. Reactions with malonate anion. Concerning the mechanism of the Favorskii rearrangement
作者:Thomas R. Barbee、Hedeel Guy、Mary Jane Heeg、Kim F. Albizati
DOI:10.1021/jo00024a015
日期:1991.11
The scope and limiations of the reaction of alpha'-nucleofuge alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones with sodium dimethyl malonate has been studied systematically. The substrates with good nucleofuges (halides, mesylate) give cyclopropanols upon reaction with malonate anion by way of a conjugate Favorskii reaction. In reactions with substrates containing the poorer nucleofuge (acetoxy) conjugate addition proceeded without entering the Favorskii manifold. Concerning the mechanism of the Favorskii reaction, it is suggested that the loss of the nucleofuge occurs to give a 2-oxyallyl cation, but that disrotatory ring closure is facile and the only products observed result from nucleophilic trapping of cyclopropanones to yield cyclopropanols in fair to good yield.