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propenol (2g) were prepared by reductions of the corre-
sponding ketone precursors with NaBH4 in methanol.
The other reagents were obtained from Aldrich and used
without further purification. The microwave irradiation
reactions were performed with Microprocessor-Con-
troled Microwave Chemical Reactor (2450 MHz, 650 W)
manufactured by Nanjing Lingjiang Scientific Company.
1H NMR spectra were obtained from a Bruker DPX-400
spectrometer. Chemical shifts (δ) were reported using
TMS as the internal standard. 13C NMR spectra were
recorded with a Bruker DPX-400 spectrometer at
100.61 MHz; chemical shifts were internally referenced
to CDCl3 (δ=77.0). HRMS was carried out with Waters
Micromass Q-Tof-2. Melting points were determined on
a Barnstead Electrothermal 9100 apparatus and were
uncorrected.
from the unisolable two compounds. White solid, m.p.
1
92—95 ℃ (petroleum ether); H NMR (CD3COCD3,
400 MHz) δ: 1.32 (t, J=6.8 Hz, 3H), 2.29 (s, 1.5H),
2.38 (s, 1.5H), 3.93—4.01 (m, 1H), 6.12 (d, J=10.0 Hz,
1H), 7.03—7.07 (m, 1H), 7.14—7.18 (m, 3H),
7.31—7.42 (m, 4H), 7.46—7.53 (m, 1.5H), 7.61—7.64
(m, 0.5H), 7.79 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.88 (d, J=8.0 Hz,
1H), 8.08 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 8.16 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H);
13C NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz) δ: 20.3, 21.6, 21.7, 41.1,
64.8, 126.6, 127.7, 128.4, 128.5, 128.7, 128.8, 129.0,
129.2, 129.6, 133.0, 133.5, 134.4, 134.7, 137.0, 137.2,
143.9, 144.0, 144.6, 194.1, 194.5, 194.7, 195.1. HRMS-
+
ESI calcd for C24H22NaO2 [M+Na+ ]: 365.1512,
found 365.1520.
2-Benzhydryl-1-phenyl-3-p-tolypropane-1,3-dione
(3m) White solid, m.p. 174—176 ℃ (petroleum
ether); 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) δ: 2.34 (s, 3H), 5.32
(d, J =11.6 Hz, 1H), 6.32 (d, J =11.6 Hz, 1H),
7.03—7.07 (m, 2H), 7.12—7.16 (m, 6H), 7.24—7.26
(m, 4H), 7.30—7.34 (m, 2H), 7.44—7.48 (m, 1H), 7.75
(d, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.82 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 2H); 13C NMR
(CDCl3, 100 MHz) δ: 21.6, 52.4, 62.3, 126.6, 128.3,
128.5, 128.6, 128.8, 129.3, 133.2, 134.5, 137.1, 141.8,
Typical procedure for the microwave-assisted sub-
stitution of β-dicarbonyl compounds with alcohols
catalyzed by HBF4
A mixture of β-dicarbonyl compound (1.5 mmol)
and alcohol (1.0 mmol) in nitromethane (2 mL) was
added HBF4 (7.8 µL, 40% aqueous solution, 0.05 mmol),
and the resulting mixture was stirred under the irradia-
tion of microwave (650 W, 70% with 30% interval) for
5 min. Then the solvent of the reaction mixture was re-
moved under reduced pressure and the residue was
passed through the flash column chromatography on
silica gel to afford the product.
+
144.2, 193.5, 194.2. HRMS-ESI calcd for C29H24NaO2
[M+Na+]: 427.1669, found 427.1678.
Results and discussion
As the first stage to screen the effective Brønsted
acid catalysts and the reaction conditions under MW
(650 W, 70% with 30% interval), we chose 3-diphenyl-
propane1,3-dione (1a) and 1-phenylethanol (2a) as the
substrates for the model reaction. It can be seen from
Table 1 that 1a and 2a did not react under MW without
the catalyst (Table 1, Entry 1). When various Brønsted
acids such as CH3COOH, CF3COOH, 12-phosphomo-
lybdic acid (PMA), HNO3, HCl and CH3SO3H were
used as the catalysts, the yields of the reactions of 1a
and 2a varied remarkably in 13%—88% after 10 min of
MW (Table 1, Entries 2—7). Surprisingly, when
TfOH14 and HClO4,15 which are effective catalysts un-
der thermal heating conditions, were used as the cata-
lysts for the reaction of 1a and 2a under MW, only 22%
and 38% yields were obtained, respectively (Table 1,
Entries 8, 9). As HBF4 was applied as the catalyst for
the reaction of 1a and 2a, we were gratified to obtain
99% isolated yield after 10 min of MW (Table 1, Entry
10). Then the influence of solvent for the
HBF4-catalyzed reaction of 1a and 2a was investigated
under MW, and CH3NO2 stands out as the solvent of
choice. The reactions in other solvents tested only af-
forded negligible product except that the reaction in
CH2Cl2 gave moderate 52% yield (Table 1, Entries
11—16). If the catalyst loading of HBF4 was decreased
to 1 mol%, the yield of the reaction decreased to 53%
after 10 min of MW (Table 1, Entry 17). At last, the
molar ratio of 1a to 2a was reduced from 3∶1 to 1.5∶
3a (CAS No. 116140-58-0), 3b (CAS No.
960391-72-4), 3c (CAS No. 727401-27-6), 3d (CAS No.
945548-16-3), 3e (CAS No. 1129424-70-9), 3f (CAS
No. 60999-93-1), 3g (CAS No. 258881-76-4), 3h (CAS
No. 5870-49-5), 3i (CAS No. 727401-25-4), 3k (CAS
No. 33925-42-7), 3n (CAS No. 171927-27-8), 3o (CAS
No. 19289-28-2) and 3p (CAS No. 60999-96-4) are
known compounds and the spectral data of the new
compounds 3j, 3l, 3m are listed below.
2-(1-(Naphthalen-6-yl)ethyl)-1-phenylbutane-1,3-
dione (3j) Characterized as a 1∶0.5 diastereomeric
mixture and the spectral data reported here are arisen
from the unisolable two compounds. White solid, m.p.
1
132—135 ℃ (petroleum ether); H NMR (CDCl3, 400
MHz) δ: 1.29 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 3H), 1.38 (d, J=7.2 Hz,
1.5H), 1.92 (s, 3H), 2.28 (s, 1.4H), 4.01—4.10 (m,
1.5H), 4.94 (d, J=11.2 Hz, 0.5H), 5.03 (d, J=11.2 Hz,
1H), 7.29—7.40 (m, 2H), 7.42—7.54 (m, 6H), 7.60—
7.71 (m, 4H), 7.77—7.84 (m, 4H), 8.11—8.14 (m, 2H);
13C NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz) δ: 20.4, 21.7, 27.5, 27.9,
40.4, 41.0, 70.8, 71.5, 125.5, 125.6, 125.8, 125.9, 126.2,
127.5, 127.7, 128.2, 128.5, 128.6, 128.7, 128.9, 132.3,
132.5, 133.4, 133.5, 133.6, 133.9, 136.9, 137.2, 140.7,
141.0, 195.1, 195+.2, 203.1, 203.7; HRMS-ESI calcd for
C22H19O2 [M-H ]: 315.1391, found 315.1382.
1-Phenyl-2-(1-phenylethyl)-3-p-tolylpropane-1,3-
dione (3l) Characterized as a 1∶1 diastereomeric
mixture and the spectral data reported here are arisen
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