Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylative Synthesis of 2,3-Disubstituted Chromones

Chaoren Shen, Wanfang Li, Hongfei Yin, Anke Spannenberg, Troels Skrydstrup, Xiao-Feng Wu

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Abstract

An unexpected palladium-catalyzed carbonylative synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted chromones has been developed. Starting from 2-bromofluorobenzenes and ketones, the corresponding chromones were produced in good yields. By control experiments, this transformation was found to proceed through a sequential carbonylation/Claisen-Hasse rearrangement/intramolecular nucleophilic aromatic substitution approach (S NAr). More specifically, the reaction sequence started with a palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of the ketone with o-bromofluorobenzene to give the vinyl benzoates, which subsequently transformed into 1,3-diketones via a Claisen-Hasse rearrangement. The final products were produced after an intramolecular S NAr reaction of the in situ formed 1,3-diketone.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAdvanced Synthesis & Catalysis
Volume358
Issue3
Pages (from-to)466-479
Number of pages14
ISSN1615-4150
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Feb 2016

Keywords

  • Claisen-Hasse rearrangement
  • carbonylation
  • chromones
  • nucleophilic aromatic substitution
  • palladium catalysts

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