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Synthesis of divergent benzo[b]fluorenones through cycloaromatization reactions of 1,5-enynols and 1,5-diynols
Yan, Bingyu,Fu, Yang,Zhu, Hui,Chen, Zhiyuan
, p. 4246 - 4262 (2019/03/26)
A facile and efficient synthesis of divergent benzo[b]fluorenones is described through the use of dichlorobenzoquinone-promoted oxidative cycloaromatization reactions of acyclic 1,5-enynols and 1,5-diynols. The success of these cascade reactions depends on the chemoselectivity of the initial Meyer-Schuster rearrangement to produce allenol intermediate, which is followed by regioselective Schmittel cyclization and the subsequent Friedal-Crafts alkylation or radical attack at the terminal Ar moiety. Only an oxidant and a solvent were required in the reaction, thus delivering a small library of the expected polycarbocyclic products with excellent functional group tolerance under metal-free conditions. The absorption and photoluminescence properties of the selected benzo[b] fluorenones were also investigated. The results indicated that the compound (2h) which contained an electron-donating 4-OMe group at the phenyl moiety displayed deep green color emission (491 nm).
DDQ-Mediated Oxidative Radical Cycloisomerization of 1,5-Diynols: Regioselective Synthesis of Benzo[b]fluorenones under Metal-Free Conditions
Zhu, Hui,Chen, Zhiyuan
, p. 488 - 491 (2016/02/18)
A regio- and chemoselective oxidative cycloisomerization reaction of acyclic 1,5-diynols has been developed. The reaction proceeds under metal-free reaction conditions with high efficiency and broad functional group tolerance, which offers a general and straightforward access to benzo[b]fluorenones under metal-free conditions. The preliminary mechanistic studies revealed the possible involvement of a Meyer-Schuster rearrangement combined with an oxidative radical cyclization.
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds via Radical Cyclizations of Benzannulated Enyne-Allenes Derived from Ireland-Claisen Rearrangement
Yang, Yonghong,Petersen, Jeffrey L.,Wang, Kung K.
, p. 8545 - 8549 (2007/10/03)
A new synthetic sequence involving the use of Ireland-Claisen rearrangement of propargylic acetates to form the corresponding benzannulated enyne-allenes followed by Schmittel cyclization to generate benzofulvene biradicals for radical cyclizations leadin
Biradicals from benzoenyne-allenes. Application in the synthesis of 11H-benzo[b]fluoren-11-ols, 1H-cyclobut[a]indenes, and related compounds
Li,Zhang,Petersen,Wang
, p. 6662 - 6668 (2007/10/03)
New synthetic pathways to 11H-benzo[b]fluoren-11-ols, 1H-cyclobut[a]indenes, and related compounds via biradicals generated from benzoenyne-allenes were developed. Treatment of the diacetylenic propargylic alcohols 13, derived from condensation between benzophenones and the lithium acetylide of 1-(2-ethynylphenyl)-2-phenylethyne, with thionyl chloride produced the 11-chloro- 11H-benzo[b]fluorene 14 and, after hydrolysis, the corresponding 11H-benzo[b]fluoren-11-ols 15. The transformation involved a sequence of reactions, including a biradical-forming C2-C6 cyclization (Schmittel cyclization) reaction of the chlorinated benzoenyne-allene intermediates followed by an intramolecular radical-radical coupling to form the formal Diels-Alder adducts. Interestingly, in the case of the diacetylenic propargylic alcohol 26, obtained from dibenzosuberenone (25), an intramolecular [2+2] cycloaddition reaction of the chlorinated benzoenyne-allene intermediate occurred, furnishing the 1H-cyclobut[a]indene 27 exclusively. The dramatic change of the reaction pathway could be attributed to the emergence of a steric strain due to the nonbonded interactions with the chloro substituent along the pathway toward the formal Diels-Alder adduct 31. On the other hand, the non-chlorinated benzoenyne-allene, derived from prototropic isomerization of the diacetylenic hydrocarbon 60, underwent a formal Diels-Alder reaction to furnish the 11H-benzo[b]fluorene-type hydrocarbon 61 exclusively.
