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Synthesis of methyl 2,3-dihydro-2-benzofurancarboxylates from o-allylphenols via 2-(phenylthiomethyl)-2,3-dihydrobenzofurans
Yodo, Mitsuaki,Harada, Hiroshi
, p. 2361 - 2368 (2007/10/02)
A method for synthesizing methyl 2,3-dihydro-2-benzofurancarboxylates rom o-allylphenols is described.The reaction of 6allyl-2,3-dichlorophenol (3) with benzenesulfenyl chloride (PhSCl) in acetonitrile gave a mixture of PhSCl -adducts, which was heated in aqueous acetonitrile then with sodium bicarbonate to obtain 6,7-dichloro-2-(phenylmethyl)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran (6). α-Dichlorination of the phenylthiomethyl group of 6 and subsequent methanolysis gave the methyl ester 5 in high yield.The generality of this synthetic method was examined by the conversion of o-allylphenols 11 having various substituents on the benzene ring into the corresponding methyl ester 23.Cyclization of 11 to sulfides 12 could be achived similerly to the case of 3.However, in the subsequent conversions of 12 to 23, selective α-dichlorination followed by methanolysis could be achived only with 12 substituted with an electron-withdrawing group such as a chloro or nitro group.Keywords - oallylphenils; methyl 2,3-dihydro-2-benzofurancarboxylate; 2-(phenylthiomethyl)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran; benzenesulfenyl chloride; α-chlorination; methanolysis.
