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Silica supported-double metal cyanides (DMCs): A green and highly efficient catalytic protocol for isomerisation of 2′-hydroxychalcones to flavanones
Ahmed, Naseem,Konduru, Naveen Kumar,Praveen,Kumar, Anand,Kamaluddin
, p. 135 - 141 (2013)
Four different double metal cyanides (NiHCFe, CrHCFe, MnHCFe and ZnHCFe) were synthesized, followed by adsorbed on silica gel and used as Lewis acid catalyst in the isomerisation of substituted 2′-hydroxychalcones to flavanones under solvent-free (dry) condition. Optimization of the reaction condition, temperature effects, DMC catalysts loading and re-useable catalytic activity were further studied during the reaction. Among these catalysts, NiHCFe at 35 mol% loading gave excellent yield (90%) at 100 C temperature in 1.15 h. Catalyst (NiHCFe) easily recovered and re-used six times without much loss of its catalytic activity which gave 80-85% product yields each time. However, these DMCs were failed to give product in the solution phase even prolonging the reaction time at reflux temperature. Similarly, isomerization of substituted 2′-aminochalcones gave 2-5% yields either in solution phase or under solvent-free condition.
Attrition-enhanced deracemization and absolute asymmetric synthesis of flavanones from prochiral precursors
Kasashima, Yoshio,Mino, Takashi,Sakamoto, Masami,Shimizu, Waku,Uemura, Naohiro,Yoshida, Yasushi
, p. 5676 - 5681 (2020/10/13)
Seven racemic 5,7-dimethoxyflavanones afforded conglomerate crystals upon recrystallization from a solvent. Three methodologies were investigated to achieve asymmetric transformation based on dynamic crystallization of the chiral conglomerate system. The first was chiral symmetry breaking of racemic flavanones by attrition-enhanced deracemization. Continuous suspension of racemic flavanones in a small amount of propanol in the presence of a base (1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU)) and glass beads promoted chiral symmetry breaking and converted the flavanones to crystals of (+)- or (-)-enantiomers with 78 to 99% ee. The second method involved cyclization of the intermediate aldol product to give optically active flavanone with 90% ee involving a reversible oxa-Michael addition reaction with attrition-enhanced deracemization. The third was a reaction starting from prochiral 2-hydroxy-4,6-dimethoxyacetophenone and 2-naphthaldehyde under basic conditions, which gave the corresponding flavanone in 89% ee.
