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ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
Volume 363, Issue 12, Pages 3053-3059Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202100124
Keywords
Sulfur Ylides; Chemodivergency; Chromenes; Dihydrobenzofurans; Organocatalysis
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- University of Bologna (RFO program)
- MIUR (FFABR 2017)
- F.I.S. (Fabbrica Italiana Sintetici)
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Stabilised sulfur ylides reacted with salicylaldehydes under catalyst- and substrate-dependent conditions, forming either 2H-chromenes or dihydrobenzofurans. Unusual mechanisms were investigated, leading to the proposal of two unique reaction routes involving two ylide units. These pathways were validated by selective switches achieved through modifying the nucleophilicity of the sulfur ylide and adjusting the loading of the Bronsted acid catalyst.
Stabilised sulfur ylides are synthetically appealing compounds, which reactivity under Bronsted acid catalysis has been poorly explored. Herein, we report a new catalyst- and substrate- dependent chemodivergent reaction between stabilised sulfur ylides and salicylaldehydes, leading to the (suprising) formation of 2H-chromenes or dihydrobenzofurans products. Particular attention was set on the unusual mechanisms involved. Two unique reaction routes including two ylide units in the reactions are proposed. These pathways were validated by performing a selectivity switch in some cases, enabled by the modulation of the nucleophilicity of the sulfur ylide, and by the loading of the Bronsted acid catalyst in the reaction.
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