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received or purified by standard procedures. The derivatives 6-iodo- 1 and 8-iodo-
0 0
[19]
3
,7,3 ,4 -tetramethoxy-quercetin 2 were obtained by previous work.
General procedure for Heck reactions
A solution of the appropriate 6- or 8-iodo flavonoid (150 mg, 0.31 mmol), Pd(OAc)2
(
(
6.95 mg, 0.031 mmol), Pd(o-tolyl) (18.8 mg, 0.062 mmol), N, N-diisopropylethylamine
3
159.9 mg, 1.24 mmol), and appropriate alkene (1.24 mmol) in DMF (1.5 mL) in a
ꢀ
microwave 10 mL sealed vial was heated in a microwave cavity for 90 min at 100 C and
150 W. The mixture was filtered through Celite with dichlorometane. The filtrate was
acidified with HCl (10%) and extracted with dichloromethane (3 ꢁ 10 mL). The com-
bined organic phases were washed with saturated NaHCO solution, and the combined
3
organic phases were dried over anhydrous Na SO before the solvent was removed
2
4
under vacuum. The residue was purified using column chromatography on silica gel
and a mixture of hexane/dichloromethane/ethyl acetate/methanol as eluents.
Spectral characterization data of compound 5a and 6a
3
-[2-(3,4-Dimethoxy-phenyl)-5-hydroxy-3,7-dimethoxy-4-oxo-4H-chromen-8-yl]-acrylic
acid butyl ester 5a
Chromatographic elution with hexane (64 mL)/dichloromethane (21 mL)/ethyl acetate
ꢀ
(
(
1
–
1
2
3
15 mL)/methanol (0.2 mL), obtained as a yellow solid (mp 174–176 C) in 66%
ꢂ1
60.7 mg, 0.125 mmol) yield; IR (KBr) ꢀ/cm 2930, 1696, 1651, 1592, 1450, 1265, 1172,
1
017 820; H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl ,) d 13.29 (s, 1H, 5-OH), 8.18 (d, 1H, J ¼ 16.24,
3
0
0
CH ¼ CHCO–), 7.84 (dd, 1H, J ¼ 8.8, 2.2, 6 -CH), 7.71 (d, 1H, J ¼ 2.2, 2 -CH), 7.02 (d,
0
H, J ¼ 8.8, 5 -CH), 6.83 (d, 1H, J ¼ 16.24, –CH ¼ CHCO–), 6.42 (s, 1H, 6-CH), 4.20 (t,
H, J ¼ 6.6, –CH O–), 4.01 (s, 3H, –OCH ), 3.99 (s, 3H, –OCH ), 3.98 (s, 3H, –OCH ),
2
3
3
3
.89 (s, 3H, –OCH ), 1.69 (qui, 2H, J 6.6, –CH CH O–), 1.44 (sex, 2H, J 7.44,
3
2
2
H CCH –), 0.96 (t, 3H, J 7.44, H CCH –);13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl ,) d 178.8, 168.1,
3
2
3
2
3
1
1
64.7, 163.8, 156.3, 154.6, 151.5, 149.0, 138.9, 132.9, 122.6, 122.5, 119.5, 110.9, 110.8,
05.6, 103.2, 95.1, 64.1, 60.1, 56.3, 56.0, 30.8, 29.6, 19.1, 13.7; LC-ESI-MS (positive
þ
mode) m/z, observed: 485.1803; C H O [M þ H] requires: 485.1806.
2
6
28 9
3
-[2-(3,4-Dimethoxy-phenyl)-5-hydroxy-3,7-dimethoxy-4-oxo-4H-chromen-6-yl]-acrylic
acid butyl ester 6a
Chromatographic elution with hexane (64 mL)/dichloromethane (21 mL)/ethyl acetate
ꢀ
(
15 mL)/methanol (0.2 mL), obtained as a yellow solid (mp 175–177 C) in 66%
ꢂ1
(
85.4 mg, 0.176 mmol) yield; IR (KBr) ꢀ/cm 2958, 1707, 1601, 1459, 1271, 1155, 872;
1
H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl ,) d 13.79 (s, 1H, 5-OH), 8.04 (d, 1H, J ¼ 16.16,
3
0
0
–
(
4
2
CH ¼ CHCO–), 7.73 (dd, 1H, J ¼ 8.32, 1.96, 6 -CH), 7.68 (d, 1H, J ¼ 1.96, 2 -CH), 6.98
0
d, 1H, J ¼ 8.32, 5 -CH), 6.97 (d, 1H, J ¼ 16.16, –CH ¼ CHCO–), 6.42 (s, 1H, 8-CH),
.18 (t, 2H, J ¼ 6.84, –CH O–), 3.97 (s, 9H, –OCH ), 3.87 (s, 3H, –OCH ), 1.68 (qui,
2
3
3
H, J ¼ 6.84, –CH CH O–), 1.43 (sex, 2H, J ¼ 7.32, H CCH –), 0.96 (t, 3H, J ¼ 7.32,
2
2
3
2
H CCH –); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl ) d 178.7, 168.4, 164.0, 161.8, 157.0, 155.8,
3
2
3