Abstract
A new thermal isomerization of polyynes is described. Benzyne intermediates substituted by a C(RR′)OR′′ substituent adjacent to one of the benzyne sp-hybridized carbons give rise to products in which the OR′ moiety has migrated to the proximal benzyne carbon. This process likely proceeds via sequential formation of multiple reactive intermediates: an initial thermally generated benzyne, a strained benzoxetenonium ion, and an o-quinone methide. As some examples demonstrate, the overall transformation can be quite efficient. The mechanism of this novel reaction is further supported by experiments and DFT calculations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1672-1675 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 15 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Institute of General Medical Sciences of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (R35 GM127097) and the National Science Foundation (CHE-1665389). Most of the NMR data were obtained with an instrument acquired through the NIH Shared Instrumentation Grant program (S10OD011952).
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