Temperature-controlled divergent synthesis of 4-alkoxy- or 4-alkenyl-chromanes via inverse electron-demand cycloaddition with in situ generated ortho-quinone methides
The temperature-controlled divergent synthesis of 4-alkoxy- or 4-alkenyl-chromanes via inverse electron-demand cycloaddition with in situ generated ortho-quinone methides under identical reaction conditions except for thermal condition has been developed. At room temperature, the reaction generated 4-methoxychromanes, whereas the reaction performed at room temperature to 100 °C gave 4-alkenylchromanes. Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid was efficiently suitable in the reaction to give the 4-substituted chromanes. This divergent synthetic strategy exhibits a new method giving carbon–carbon or carbon–oxygen bond by controlling the reaction temperature.
Substituent Effect Studies of Aryl-Assisted Solvolyses. I. The Acetolysis of 2,2-Bis(substituted phenyl)ethyl p-Toluenesulfonates
The substituent effect on the acetolysis of 2,2-bis(substituted phenyl)ethyl p-toluenesulfonates at 90.10 deg C can be described accurately in terms of the Yukawa-Tsuno (LArSR) relationship, giving a ρ value of -4.44 and an r value of 0.53. The substituent effect correlation of this system carrying two aryls is quite comparable to that of the 2-methyl-2-phenylpropyl system carrying a single aryl group, suggesting the close similarity in the structure of the transition states between the systems. The results can be reasonably accounted for on the basis of the accepted mechanism of this reaction, involving a rate-determining aryl-assisted transition state where only one aryl group of the two β-aryl groups participates.