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FeCl3-Diorganyl dichalcogenides promoted cyclization of 2-alkynylanisoles to 3-chalcogen benzo[ b ]furans
Gay, Rafaela M.,Manarin, Flavia,Schneider, Caroline C.,Barancelli, Daniela A.,Costa, Michael D.,Zeni, Gilson
supporting information; experimental part, p. 5701 - 5706 (2010/10/03)
A general synthesis of 3-chalcogen benzo[b]furans from the readily available 2-alkynylanisoles, via FeCl3/diorganyl dichalcogenides intramolecular cyclization, has been developed. Aryl and alkyl groups directly bonded to the chalcogen atom were used as cycling agents. The results revealed that the reaction significantly depends on the electronic effects of substituents in the aromatic ring bonded to the selenium atom of the diselenide species. We observed that the pathway of reaction was not sensitive to the nature of substituents in the aromatic ring of anisole since both the electron-donating and the electron-withdrawing groups delivered the products in similar yields. In addition, the obtained heterocycles were readily transformed to more complex products by using a chalcogen/lithium exchange reaction with n-BuLi followed by trapping of the lithium intermediate with aldehydes, furnishing the desired secondary alcohols in good yields.
Vinyl Selenides and Selenoxides: Preparation, Conversion to Lithium Reagents, Diels-Alder Reactivity, and Some Comparisons with Sulfur Analogues
Reich, Hans J.,Willis, William W.,Clark, Peter D.
, p. 2775 - 2784 (2007/10/02)
A variety of aryl vinyl selenides are prepared by reaction of vinyl Grignard reagents with aryl selenyl bromides or by reductive elimination of the adducts of lithiums with carbonyl compounds.Deprotonation of phenyl vinyl selenide is achieved with LDA at -78 deg C in THF.Vinyl selenides with β-alkyl groups require LiTMP and warmer temperatures (-50 deg C) for complete deprotonation.Allylic lithium reagents were obtained from 1-propenyl and 2-methyl-1-propenyl selenides whereas 1-butenyl or 3-methyl-1-butenyl selenides gave vinyl lithium reagents.Reaction with electrophiles proceeds in good to excellent yield.Primary halides require HMPA to react well.Unhindered carbonyl compounds react without enolization.Deprotonation with LDA is shown to be reversible, and during competitive deprotonation studies with LDA, aryl vinyl sulfides are found to be thermodynamically less acidic than aryl vinyl selenides (KS/Se=0.21 for phenyl vinyl and 0.3 for m-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl vinyl).Deprotonation with LiTMP is shown to be irreversible, and competitive deprotonation studies showed vinyl selenide to be kinetically more acidic as well S/Se=0.37 (phenyl vinyl),0.42 (m-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl vinyl)>.Most studies have shown sulfur compounds to be more acidic. m-(Trifluoromethyl)phenyl allyl sulfide as expected, is more acidic than selenium compound (kS/Se=3.8).Vinyl selenoxides can be prepared with m-chloroperbenzoic acid.They are not thermally stable enough to serve as acetylene equivalents in Diels-Alder reactions.Phenyl vinyl selenide gives a Diels-Alder addition product with 1,4-diphenylisobenzofuran but failed to give cycloaddition products with less reactive dienes.Phenyl vinyl selenoxide does not give a useful yield of lithium reagent upon reaction with amide bases.
