One-Pot Synthesis of 2,5-Disubstituted Furans through In Situ Formation of Allenes and Enolization Cascade
A one-pot synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted furans from γ-ketoacids is reported. In situ formation of allenoates by action of chloroformate on carboxylic acid following by enolization of ketone affords furan derivatives by cyclization. The reaction was extended to a wide scope of ketoacids and phosphonium salts. This methodology was applied on levulinic acid and derivatives, one of the biosourced platform chemicals.
Base-catalyzed cascade 1,3-H shift/cyclization reaction to construct polyaromatic furans
A convenient new method was developed to prepare unfused polyaromatic furan derivatives from diynyl-1,6-diols through a novel base-catalyzed cascade 1,3-H shift/cyclization process. Deuterium experiments were performed to determine that the 1,3-H shift was the rate-determining step. Copyright