Natho P, Allen LAT, White AJP, Parsons PJ. Transition-Metal-Free Access to Heteroaromatic-Fused 4-Tetralones by the Oxidative Ring Expansion of the Cyclobutanol Moiety.
J Org Chem 2019;
84:9611-9626. [PMID:
31288517 DOI:
10.1021/acs.joc.9b01290]
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Abstract
Advances in the transition-metal-free cyclobutanol ring expansion to 4-tetralones under N-bromosuccinimide mediation are described. We have expanded the scope of this ring expansion methodology and investigated the effect substituents on the aromatic ring, and the cyclobutanol moiety, have on the outcome of the reaction. Limitations with certain substituents on the cyclobutanol moiety are also described. Further experimental evidence to support our mechanistic understanding is disclosed, and we now preclude the suggested involvement of a primary radical for this transformation.
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