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Synthesis of α-(Pentafluorosulfanyl)- and α-(Trifluoromethyl)-Substituted Carboxylic Acid Derivatives by Ireland-Claisen Rearrangement
Dreier, Anna-Lena,Beutel, Bernd,Mück-Lichtenfeld, Christian,Matsnev, Andrej V.,Thrasher, Joseph S.,Haufe, Günter
, p. 1638 - 1648 (2017)
Earlier studies have shown that [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangements of allyl esters are useful for the construction of fluorine-containing carboxylic acid derivatives. This paper describes the synthesis of 3-aryl-pent-4-enoic acid derivatives bearing either a pentafluorosulfanyl (SF5) or a trifluoromethyl (CF3) substituent in the 2-position by treatment of corresponding SF5- or CF3-acetates of p-substituted cinnamyl alcohols with triethylamine followed by trimethylsilyl triflate (TMSOTf). This Ireland-Claisen rearrangement delivered approximate 1:1 mixtures of syn/anti diastereoisomers due to tiny differences (3N) led to oligomerization of the cinnamyl SF5- and CF3-acetates. Treatment of the corresponding regioisomeric 1-phenyl-prop-2-en-1-yl acetates under the latter conditions resulted in [1,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement and subsequent oligomerization of the intermediately formed cinnamyl esters. When Et3N was added first followed by TMSOTf, no further reaction of the formed ester was detected.
