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Catalytic Friedel-Crafts Reactions on Saturated Heterocycles and Small Rings for sp3-sp2 Coupling of Medicinally Relevant Fragments
Croft, Rosemary A.,Dubois, Maryne A. J.,Boddy, Alexander J.,Denis, Camille,Lazaridou, Anna,Voisin-Chiret, Anne Sophie,Bureau, Ronan,Choi, Chulho,Mousseau, James J.,Bull, James A.
supporting information, p. 5385 - 5395 (2019/06/24)
gem-Diarylheterocycles display a wide range of biological activity. Here we present a systematic study into the formation of 4- to 6-membered O- and N-heterocycles and cyclobutanes bearing the diaryl motif through a catalytic Friedel–Crafts reaction from the corresponding benzylic alcohols. 3,3-Diaryltetrahydrofurans, 4,4-diaryltetrahydropyrans, 3,3-diarylpyrrolidines, 4,4-diaryl-piperidines, as well as diarylcyclobutanes are examined, with results for 3,3-diaryloxetanes and 3,3-diarylazetidines presented for comparison. Three catalytic systems are investigated for each substrate [Ca(II), Li(I) and Fe(III)], across preinstalled aromatic groups of differing electronic character. In most cases examined, the diaryl product is obtained directly from the alcohol with good yields using the most appropriate catalyst system. In the absence of a nucleophile, the olefins from the 5- and 6-membered substrates by elimination of water are obtained under the same reaction conditions.
Synthesis of (±)-coerulescine and a formal synthesis of (±)-horsfiline
Chang, Meng-Yang,Pai, Chun-Li,Kung, Yung-Hua
, p. 8463 - 8465 (2007/10/03)
A straightforward synthesis of (±)-coerulescine and (±)-horsfiline has been established from 3-formyl-3-phenylpyrrolidine employing 4-hydroxypiperidine as the starting material. There are two remarkable steps for the synthesis of (±)-coerulescine and (±)-horsfiline. One is the rapid access to produce 3-formyl-3-phenylpyrrolidine by Lewis acid-catalyzed rearrangement of 3,4-dihydroxy-4-phenylpiperidine. The other key step is an intramolecular electrophilic cyclization from 3-benzylcarbamoyl-3- phenylpyrrolidine to the 3,3-spirocyclic 2-oxindole ring skeleton.