Feberero C, Virumbrales C, Sedano C, Renedo L, Suárez-Pantiga S, Sanz R. Transition Metal-Free Synthesis of Halobenzo[
b]furans from
O-Aryl Carbamates via
o-Lithiation Reactions.
MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022;
27:molecules27020525. [PMID:
35056842 PMCID:
PMC8778012 DOI:
10.3390/molecules27020525]
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Abstract
A straightforward and transition metal-free one-pot protocol to synthesize halobenzo[b]furans has been developed employing simple and easily available starting materials such as O-aryl carbamates and alkynylsulfones. The fine-tuning of the different steps involved was key to achieving a successful one-pot procedure. Initially, a directed ortho-lithiation process, which uses the carbamate as the directed metalation group, was crucial in providing access to O-2-alkynylaryl N,N-diethyl carbamates by a direct alkynylation of the o-lithiated carbamate, with arylsulfonylalkynes as electrophilic reagents. Cyclization of the generated o-alkynylaryl carbamates was successfully accomplished through a strategy involving in situ carbamate alkaline hydrolysis under conventional heating or microwave irradiation, coupled with a subsequent heterocyclization step delivering the desired benzo[b]furans. A wide variety of new halobenzo[b]furans has been synthesized and their utility has been demonstrated by their further transformation.
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