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Manganese=Catalyzed Achmatowicz Rearrangement Using Green Oxidant H2O2

Oxidation reactions have been extensively studied in the context of the transformations of biomass=derived furans. However, in contrast to the vast literature on utilizing the stoichiometric oxidants, such as m=CPBA and NBS, catalytic methods for the oxidative furan=recyclizations remain scarcely investigated. Given this, we report a means of manganese=catalyzed oxidations of furan with low loading, achieving the Achmatowicz rearrangement in the presence of hydrogen peroxide as an environmentally benign oxidant under mild conditions with wide functional group compatibility.

A solvent-free catalytic protocol for the Achmatowicz rearrangement

Reported here is the development of an environmentally friendly catalytic (KBr/oxone) and solvent-free protocol for the Achmatowicz rearrangement (AchR). Different from all previous methods is that the use of chromatographic alumina (Al2O3) allows AchR to proceed smoothly in the absence of any organic solvent and therefore considerably facilitates the subsequent workup and purification with minimal environmental impacts. Importantly, this protocol allows for scaling up (from milligram to gram), recycling of the Al2O3, and integrating with other reactions in a one-pot sequential manner.

Catalytic Environmentally Friendly Protocol for Achmatowicz Rearrangement

The increasing interest in Achmatowicz rearrangement in organic synthesis calls for a more environmentally friendly protocol since the most popular oxidants m-CPBA and NBS produced stoichiometric organic side product (m-chlorobenzoic acid or succinimide). Mechanism-guided analysis enables us to develop a new catalytic method (Oxone/KBr) for AchR in excellent yield with K2SO4 as the only side product, which greatly facilitates the purification. This protocol was integrated with other transformations, leading to a rapid access to the highly functionalized dihydropyranones.

Using water, light, air and spirulina to access a wide variety of polyoxygenated compounds

A new set of completely green methods utilising air, light, water and spirulina to transform readily accessible furan substrates into a diverse range of synthetically useful polyoxygenated motifs commonly found in natural products is presented herein. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2012.

Scope and limitations of the photooxidations of 2-(α-Hydroxyalkyl) furans: Synthesis of 2-hydroxy-exo -brevicomin

Photooxygenation of 2-(α-hydroxyalkyl)furans at 5 °C in MeOH followed by in situ reduction affords, in one synthetic operation, 6-hydroxy-3(2H)-pyranones and/or 5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanones. The relative ratio of the final products is highly dependent on the substitution of the starting furan substrate. Photooxygenation of 2-(α,β-dihydroxyalkyl)furans followed by in situ reduction and ketalization with acid rapidly provides the 6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-en-2-one framework. This new methodology was successfully applied to the synthesis of 2-hydroxy-exo-brevicomin.(Figure Presented)

Practical, scalable, high-throughput approaches to η3- pyranyl and η3-pyridinyl organometallic enantiomeric scaffolds using the achmatowicz reaction

(Figure Presented) A unified strategy for the high-throughput synthesis of multigram quantities of the η3-oxopyranyl- and η3-oxopyridinylmolybdenum complexes TpMo(CO)2(η 3-oxopyranyl) and TpMo(CO)2(η3- oxopyridinyl) is described (Tp = hydridotrispyrazolylborato). The strategy uses the oxa- and aza-Achmatowicz reaction for the preparation of these organometallic enantiomeric scaffolds, in both racemic and high enantiopurity versions.

Titanium silicalite 1 (TS-1) catalyzed oxidative transformations of furan derivatives with hydrogen peroxide

The oxidation of furan derivatives with titanium silicalite 1 (TS-1) and hydrogen peroxide is described. Oxidation products are identified and possible reaction pathways are discussed. It is shown that the oxidation of these compounds occurs via epoxidation of one of the furan double bonds. The initially formed epoxides immediately undergo rearrangement, furans yielding unsaturated 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds and furfuryl alcohols yielding 6-hydroxy-2H-pyran-3(6H) -ones. The latter compounds originate from cyclization of intermediate enedione alcohols. The presented method is particularly useful for the oxidation of 2,5-dimethylfuran to 3-hexene-2,5-dione and the conversion of furfuryl alcohol to 6-hydroxy-2H-pyran-3(6H)-one, a versatile synthon in organic synthesis.

Oxidations catalysed by rhenium(V) oxo species 1. Conversion of furans to enediones using methyltrioxorhenium and urea hydrogen peroxide

Methyltrioxorhenium is an efficient catalyst for the oxidative ring opening of several substituted furans to enediones using urea hydrogen peroxide.

The Intramolecular Enyne Diels-Alder Reaction. Stereoselective Construction of Tricyclic Dioxadienones and Mechanistic Outline

4-Methylpent-4-en-2-yn-1-ols and 6-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-6H-pyran-3-ones are condensed in different ways to a series of tricyclic dioxadienones which contain the basic framework of the cadlinolides A mechanism of the intramolecular enyne-ene cycloisomerization and the origin of the resulting type I and type II dienes is proposed.