Maity S, Roy A, Duari S, Biswas S, Elsharif AM, Biswas S. Methyltrifluoromethanesulfonate Catalyst in Direct Nucleophilic Substitution of Alcohols; One-Pot Synthesis of 4
H-Chromene Derivatives.
ACS OMEGA 2023;
8:46614-46627. [PMID:
38107960 PMCID:
PMC10720287 DOI:
10.1021/acsomega.3c05619]
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Abstract
The catalytic activity of methyltrifluoromethanesulfonate (MeOTf) has been explored toward direct nucleophilic substitution of the hydroxyl group of nonmanipulated alcohols such as benzylic, allylic, propargylic, and tertiary alcohols with a wide range of uncharged nucleophiles such as 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, amides, alkynes, and indoles to generate functionalized 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, amides, alkynes, and indoles, respectively. Thus, the present protocol defines an alternate pathway to construct new C-C, C-N, and C-O bonds with the formation of water as the byproduct under mild conditions without any acids or metals. A completely different mechanism was established through several control experiments to explain the reaction methodology. As an application of the reported protocol, 1H-indene derivatives have been synthesized in one pot when benzylic alcohols were subjected to react with internal alkynes. The scope of the reaction has been further extended toward a tandem benzylation-cyclization-dehydration of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohols, which furnish biologically important 4H-chromene derivatives.
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