82212-47-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
A Convenient Synthesis of (Acyloxy)alkyl α-Ethers of Phenols
Bodor, Nicholas,Sloan, Kenneth B.,Kaminski, James J.,Shih, Chung,Pogany, Stefano
, p. 5280 - 5284 (2007/10/02)
(Acyloxy)alkyl α-ethers (1) of phenols, thiophenol, and catechols have been prepared in good yield by their alkylation with (acyloxy)alkyl α-chlorides or iodides in acetone in the presence of K2CO3.In addition, one example of an (acylthio)alkyl α-ether was prepared.Either partial or complete acylation rather than alkylation on oxygen took place if the α-iodide was not used except for reactions of 3-chloro-1(3H)-isobenzofuranone with phenol or catechol or the reaction of (benzoylthio)methyl chloride with β-estradiol.It is suggested that more alkylation takes place with iodide as a leaving group because of the tighter transition state that develops with the better nucleofuge.The alkylation reaction sequence has two advantages for the synthesis of 1: (1) the mildness of the reaction conditions and (2) the wide variety of acyl and alkyl groups that can be incorporated into the product through the (acyloxy)alkyl α-halides.
Reaction of (Acyloxy)alkyl α-Halides with Phenols: Effect of Nucleofugicity and Nucleophilicity on Product Distribution
Sloan, Kenneth B.,Koch, Suzanne A. M.
, p. 3777 - 3783 (2007/10/02)
The product distribution obtained from the reaction of (acyloxy)alkyl α-halides (1 or 5) with phenols was found to depend on the nucleophilicity of the phenol, the nucleofugicity of the leaving group, and the ability of the electrophile to stabilize a carbenium ion.More nucleophilic phenols tended to give more acylation while better leaving groups and more stable incipient carbenium ions in the electrophile tended to favor the formation of alkylated products.In addition, the reaction of methanol with 1a was found to give a mixture of acylated and alkylated products (40 : 60).Thus, a general trend for all the nucleophiles for which information is available suggests that better nucleophiles undergo relatively more acylation and that poorer nucleophiles undergo more alkylation.These results are suggested to be consistent with the observations of Westaway on the effect of leaving group nucleofugicity and nucleophilicity of the nucleophile on bond lengths in the SN2 transition state.Facile rearrangements of acylated to alkylated products and of one alkylated product to another caused by the phenolate anion were also observed in the 3-phenoxy-1(3H)-isobenzofuranone-phenyl 2-formylbenzoate series.
