Oxidative Cyclization of β,γ-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids Using Hypervalent Iodine Reagents: An Efficient Synthesis of 4-Substituted Furan-2-ones

Kensuke Kiyokawa*, Kenta Takemoto, Shunsuke Yahata, Takumi Kojima, Satoshi Minakata*

*Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-1, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan, Email: kiyokawachem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp, minakatachem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

K. Kiyokawa, K. Takemoto, S. Yahata, T. Kojima, S. Minakata, Synthesis, 2017, 49, 2907-2912.

DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588987

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Abstract

An oxidative cyclization of β-substituted β,γ-unsaturated carboxylic acids using a hypervalent iodine reagent provides 4-substituted furan-2-ones. The use of the highly electrophilic PhI(OTf)₂, which is in situ prepared from PhI(OAc)₂ and Me₃SiOTf, is crucial. Depending on the substitution pattern at the α-position of the substrates, furan-2(5H)-ones or furan-2(3H)-ones are produced.

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Key Words

hypervalent iodine compounds, PIDA, oxidation, cyclization, β,γ-unsaturated carboxylic acids, butenolides

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ID: J66-Y2017