Synlett 2017; 28(18): 2425-2428
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1590838
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Ether Synthesis through Reductive Cross-Coupling of Ketones with Alcohols Using Me2SiHCl as both Reductant and Lewis Acid

Yong Ho Lee
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany   Email: morandi@kofo.mpg.de
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Bill Morandi*
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany   Email: morandi@kofo.mpg.de
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Publication History

Received: 05 May 2017

Accepted after revision: 20 June 2017

Publication Date:
20 July 2017 (online)


Published as part of the Cluster Silicon in Synthesis and Catalysis

Abstract

We report that a Lewis acidic silane, Me2SiHCl, can mediate the direct cross-coupling of a wide range of carbonyl compounds with alcohols to form dialkyl ethers. The reaction is operationally simple, tolerates a range of polar functional groups, can be utilized to make sterically hindered ethers, and is extendable to sulfur and nitrogen nucleo­philes.

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  • 14 (8R,9S,13S,14S,17S)-17-(Cyclohexyloxy)-13-methyl-7,8,9,11, 12,13,14,15,16,17-decahydro-6H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol (Table 3, Entry 7): White solid. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 7.15 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 1 H), 6.62 (dd, J = 8.5, 2.7 Hz, 1 H), 6.55 (d, J = 2.7 Hz, 1 H), 4.55 (s, 1 H), 3.49 (dd, J = 8.5, 8.5 Hz, 1 H), 3.32–3.23 (m, 1 H), 2.89–2.74 (m, 2 H), 2.31–2.21 (m, 1 H), 2.20–2.11 (m, 1 H), 2.06–1.93 (m, 2 H), 1.94–1.80 (m, 3 H), 1.79–1.69 (m, 2 H), 1.71–1.60 (m, 1 H), 1.58–1.42 (m, 3 H), 1.45–1.36 (m, 1 H), 1.39–1.10 (m, 9 H), 0.79 (s, 3 H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 153.4, 138.5, 133.1, 126.7, 115.4, 112.7, 86.5, 77.1, 50.3, 44.2, 43.4, 38.8, 37.9, 33.3, 33.2, 29.8, 29.1, 27.3, 26.6, 26.0, 24.6, 24.5, 23.3, 11.9. HRMS (ESI+): m/z [M+H]+ calcd for C24H35O2: 355.26316; found: 355.26335