6971-18-2Relevant articles and documents
Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Spirobenzofuranones by a Decarbonylative Annulation Reaction
Kaishap, Partha P.,Duarah, Gauri,Sarma, Bipul,Chetia, Dipak,Gogoi, Sanjib
, p. 456 - 460 (2018/02/21)
The first decarbonylative insertion of an alkyne through C?H/C?C activation of six-membered compounds is reported. The Ru-catalyzed reaction of 3-hydroxy-2-phenyl-chromones with alkynes works most efficiently in the presence of the ligand PPh3 to provide spiro-indenebenzofuranones. Unlike previously reported metal-catalyzed decarbonylative annulation reactions, in the present decarbonylative annulation reaction, the annulation occurs before extrusion of carbon monoxide.
Lithiation in Flavones, Chromones, Coumarins, and Benzofuran Derivatives
Costa, Ana M. B. S. R. C. S.,Dean, Francis M.,Jones, Michael A.,Varma, Rajender S.
, p. 799 - 808 (2007/10/02)
Flavones are lithiated at position 3 by lithium di-isopropylamide in tetrahydrofuran at -78 deg C and the products are stable at that temperature.Appropriate reagents replace the lithium by carboxy, ethoxycarbonyl, mercapto, methylthio, trimethylsilyl, hydroxy, and other groups, sometimes giving products not previously available.Benzofurans are preferentially lithiated at position 2 if this is free, and may not be attacked if it is blocked, but if there is an activating group (i.e., one able to co-ordinate with the lithium cation) at position 2, then lithiation occurs at position 3.In the benzofuran series ring-opening is easier and lithiation often leads directly to acetylenic phenols.Chromones can be lithiated at positions 2 and 3 depending upon the substitution pattern and whether the substituents are activating.Aurones are not easily deprotonated, and only the acetylenic phenol arising from ring opening was found in the one successful case.Coumarins tend to behave simply as esters and give amides with the lithiating reagent, but 4-methoxycoumarin is readily lithiated at position 3.It is suggested that 3-deprotonation in ethers occurs easily only when there is an ether link antiperiplanar to the proton removed, and that the lithiated species are really unstable intermediates in trans-eliminations leading to alkyne derivatives.