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DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-36233
An Alkyne Metathesis-Based Route to ortho-Dehydrobenzannulenes
Publication History
Publication Date:
18 December 2002 (online)
Abstract
An application of alkyne metathesis to 1,2-di(prop-1-ynyl)arenes, producing dehydrobenzannulenes, is described. An efficient method for selective Sonogashira couplings of bromoiodoarenes under conditions of microwave irradiation is also reported.
Key words
alkyne metathesis - 1,2-di(prop-1-ynyl)arenes - dehydrobenzannulenes - microwave irradiation - Sonogashira coupling
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General Procedure for Propynylations: To a 150 mL Schlenk flask, equipped with a Teflon-coated magnetic stirring bar, were added the diiodoarene (1.67 mmol), PdCl2(PPh3)2 (177 mg, 0.25 mmol), CuI (32 mg, 0.17 mmol), and Et3N (7.50 mL). The flask was then evacuated and filled with propyne gas up to 1.5 atm (approx. 10 mmol, 3 equiv) of pressure. Depending on the system, the reaction mixture was stirred for 22-96 h, at either room or elevated temperatures (Table [1] ). The reaction mixture was then diluted with ether, washed with two portions of aq NH4Cl, and dried over MgSO4. Solvent was removed in vacuo and the resulting crude product purified by Kugelrohr distillation, sublimation, or chromatography.
16General Procedure for Microwave-Assisted Propynylations: A heavy-walled Smith process vial was charged with a magnetic stirring bar, Et3N (0.9 mL), DMF (0.1 mL), PdCl2(PPh3)2 (19.6 mg, 0.028 mmol), CuI (5.4 mg, 0.028 mmol), and the dibromodiiodobenzene (0.113 mmol). The vial was sealed, evacuated, and filled with propyne through a Teflon septum up to 2.5 atm pressure. It was then irradiated in a Smith Synthesizer single-mode microwave cavity, producing continuous radiation at 2450 MHz. The resulting solution was immediately filtered through a short plug of silica gel (hexanes/ethyl acetate) to remove the catalyst and the crude product further purified by column chromatography on silica gel (hexanes).
19General Procedure for (Me3CO)3WCCMe3-Mediated Alkyne
Metathesis: A 25 mL Schlenk flask was charged, under the atmosphere
of nitrogen, with the respective propynylated arene (0.20-0.35
mmol), (Me3CO)3WCCMe3 (20-40
mol%), and toluene (20 mL). The solution was stirred at
80 °C for 8-96 h (Table
[2]
). After the reaction was complete,
solvent was removed in vacuo, and the residue was subjected to flash
chromatography on silica, eluting with hexane/ethyl acetate.
Compound 1e: Brown crystals, showing green
fluorescence, mp 292-300 °C(dec). 1H
NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 7.56
(s). MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (%) = 774
(100)[M+], 695 (29), 614 (19).
IR (CHCl3): 2933, 2255, 1464,
1274, 1154 cm-1. The compound decomposed
upon standing for one week. Compound 2:
Pale yellow crystals, showing green fluorescence, mp 310-315 °C(dec). 1H
NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 8.05
(br t, 2 H, J = 1.5
Hz), 7.59 (dd, 4 H, J
1
= 3.3
Hz, J
2
= 5.7
Hz), 7.54 (dd, 4 H, J
1
= 1.6
Hz, J
2
= 7.9
Hz), 7.38 (t, 2 H, J = 8.0
Hz), 7.32 (dd, 4 H, J
1
= 3.4 Hz, J
2
= 5.8
Hz). MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (%) = 401(31) [M + H]+,
400(100) [M+], 199(11). HRMS:
Calcd for C32H16: 400.1252. Found: 400.1248.
UV/Vis (CH2Cl2): λmax (lg ) = 265
(4.03), 272 (4.05), 278 (4.11), 280 (4.10), 317 (3.62), 341 (3.26)
nm. IR (CHCl3): 2920, 2219,
1468, 1212,
892 cm-1. Selected
spectral data for 3: 1H
NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 7.44
(AA′ m, 8 H), 7.34 (s, 2 H), 7.19 (BB′ m, 8 H).
MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (%) = 524
(10) [M + 2H]+, 523 (42) [M + H]+,
522 (100) [M+], 261 (25) [M2+].
HRMS: Calcd for C42H18: 522.1408. Found: 522.1428.
The spectral data are in good agreement with those in ref. [17a]
24Details of the crystal structure determination (deposition number CCDC 192630) may be obtained free of charge on application to CCDC, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK [Fax: +44(1223)336033; E-mail: deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk].