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Reductive Cleavage of Arylcyclopropyl Ketones
Murphy, William S.,Wattanasin, Sompong
, p. 1445 - 1452 (2007/10/02)
Arylcyclopropyl aryl ketones undergo clean but slow reductive cleavage to 4-arylbutyrophenones when heated with zinc in ethanol.Replacement of one the aryl groups by an alkyl group strongly inhibits reaction.This effect is in part overcome by the use of a higher boiling alcohol.When substituted at the cyclopropyl methylene position by an ethoxycarbonyl group these cyclopropyl ketones also undergo cleavage but with the unexpected formation of the ethyl 3,5-diaryl-5-oxopentanoates (22).In general, the results are consistent with the formation of an anion-radical intermediate.
Intramolecular Alkylation of Phenols. Part 5. A Regiospecific Anionic Ring Closure of Phenols via Quinone Methides
Murphy, William S.,Wattanasin, Sompong
, p. 1567 - 1577 (2007/10/02)
The bis-magnesium salts of the triols (6a) and (6h) cyclise when heated in benzene with high ortho-regiospecificity to the corresponding bis-phenols (7) and (8).The triols (6k) and (6o) under the same conditions cyclise with high para-regiospecificity to the corresponding bis-phenols (7) and (8).Both (6a) and (6h) cyclise via o-quinone methides, and (6k) and (6o) via p-quinone methides.Results from the use of, inter alia, 18-crown-6, indicate that the high ortho-regiospecificity of the cyclisation of (6a) and (6h) is due to intramolecular Mg(II) bridging of the intermediate o-quinone methides.The high para-regiospecificity of cyclisation of (6k) and (6o) is due to steric hindrance towards o-cyclisation of the intermediate p-quinone methides presented by the Mg(II) cation.The unexpected facility with which (6a) and (6k) undergo ring closure is discussed.
