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Synthesis and Structure of Esterification Products of 6-aryl-1,2,3,6,7,7a-hexahydro-3а,6-epoxyisoindole-7-carboxylic Acids
Nadirova, Maryana А.,Pokazeev, Kuz’ma M.,Kolesnik, Irina А.,Dorovatovskii, Pavel V.,Bumagin, Nikolay А.,Potkin, Vladimir I.
, p. 729 - 738 (2019)
[Figure not available: see fulltext.] It was found that the reaction of 5-arylfurfurilamines with maleic anhydride leads to the formation of 6-aryl-3a,6-epoxyisoindole-7-carboxylic acids (the cyclic form), which in solution are in dynamic equilibrium with N-furfurylmaleinamides (the open form). During the esterification of these tautomeric mixtures with methanol in the presence of a catalytic amount of sulfuric acid, methyl esters of 5-aryl-7a-hydroxy-7-methoxy-3-oxo-2,3,3a,4,7,7a-hexahydro-1H-isoindole-4-carboxylic acids, unexpected cleavage products of the 3a,6-oxo bridge of the cyclic form, are formed diastereospecifically. The structure of the obtained products was confirmed by X-ray structural analysis.
