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Photoredox-Catalyzed Isomerization of Highly Substituted Allylic Alcohols by C?H Bond Activation
Guo, Kai,Huang, Jun,Li, Anding,Li, Yuanhe,Yang, Zhen,Zhang, Zhongchao
supporting information, p. 11660 - 11668 (2020/05/25)
Photoredox-catalyzed isomerization of γ-carbonyl-substituted allylic alcohols to their corresponding carbonyl compounds was achieved for the first time by C?H bond activation. This catalytic redox-neutral process resulted in the synthesis of 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds. Notably, allylic alcohols bearing tetrasubstituted olefins can also be transformed into their corresponding carbonyl compounds. Density functional theory calculations show that the carbonyl group at the γ-position of allylic alcohols are beneficial to the formation of their corresponding allylic alcohol radicals with high vertical electron affinity, which contributes to the completion of the photoredox catalytic cycle.
Preparation and Rearrangement of cis-Methyl 3,4-Epoxy-4-(4'-methylphenyl)butanoate
Bhat, K. S.,Rao, A. S.
, p. 355 - 358 (2007/10/02)
AlCl3 catalysed bromination of methyl 4-keto-4-(4'-methylphenyl)butanoate (2) is regioselective and furnishes methyl 3-bromo-4-keto-4-(4'-methylphenyl)butanoate (3). 3 on NaBH4 reduction in the presence of NaHCO3 furnishes a mixture of cis-methyl 3,4-epoxy-4-(4'-methylphenyl)butanoate (9), methyl (E)-4-hydroxy-4-(4'-methylphenyl)but-2-enoate (12), 4-(4'-methylphenyl)butanolide (26) and 2. 12 can be transformed to 1 on heating with NaOH-ethanol.BF3 catalysed rearrangement of 9 furnishes methyl 3-keto-4-(4'-methylphenyl)butanoate (17).The sequence of reactions 2->3->9->17 constitutes an interesting example of ketone transposition and provides a convenient route for the preparation of 17 from the readily available 2.
