Mechanistic Studies on the Base-Promoted Conversion of Alkoxy-Substituted, Ring-Fused gem-Dihalocyclopropanes into Furans: Evidence for a Process Involving Electrocyclic Ring Closure of a Carbonyl Ylide Intermediate

Phillip P. Sharp; Jiri Mikusek; Junming Ho; Elizabeth H. Krenske; Martin G. Banwell; Michelle L. Coote; Jas S. Ward; Anthony C. Willis

doi:10.1021/acs.joc.8b01766

Mechanistic Studies on the Base-Promoted Conversion of Alkoxy-Substituted, Ring-Fused gem-Dihalocyclopropanes into Furans: Evidence for a Process Involving Electrocyclic Ring Closure of a Carbonyl Ylide Intermediate

Phillip P. Sharp, Jiri Mikusek, Junming Ho, Elizabeth H. Krenske, Martin G. Banwell^*, Michelle L. Coote, Jas S. Ward, Anthony C. Willis

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The mechanism associated with the base-promoted conversion of alkoxy-substituted and ring-fused gem-dihalocyclopropanes such as 40 into annulated furans has been explored. Treatment of compound 40 with potassium tert-butoxide affords a mixture of furans 23/27 and 41, an outcome that suggests the intermediacy of the slowly interconverting carbonyl ylides 42 and 43 that undergo rapid [1,5]-electrocyclizations and subsequent dehydrohalogenation to afford the observed products. This proposal is supported by ab initio MO and DFT calculations that also suggest a vinylcarbene insertion pathway is less likely to be operative.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13678-13690
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume	83
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.8b01766
Publication status	Published - 16 Nov 2018

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Sharp, P. P., Mikusek, J., Ho, J., Krenske, E. H., Banwell, M. G., Coote, M. L., Ward, J. S., & Willis, A. C. (2018). Mechanistic Studies on the Base-Promoted Conversion of Alkoxy-Substituted, Ring-Fused gem-Dihalocyclopropanes into Furans: Evidence for a Process Involving Electrocyclic Ring Closure of a Carbonyl Ylide Intermediate. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 83(22), 13678-13690. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.8b01766

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Sharp, PP, Mikusek, J, Ho, J, Krenske, EH, Banwell, MG, Coote, ML, Ward, JS & Willis, AC 2018, 'Mechanistic Studies on the Base-Promoted Conversion of Alkoxy-Substituted, Ring-Fused gem-Dihalocyclopropanes into Furans: Evidence for a Process Involving Electrocyclic Ring Closure of a Carbonyl Ylide Intermediate', Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 83, no. 22, pp. 13678-13690. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.8b01766

Mechanistic Studies on the Base-Promoted Conversion of Alkoxy-Substituted, Ring-Fused gem-Dihalocyclopropanes into Furans: Evidence for a Process Involving Electrocyclic Ring Closure of a Carbonyl Ylide Intermediate. / Sharp, Phillip P.; Mikusek, Jiri; Ho, Junming et al.
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Sharp PP, Mikusek J, Ho J, Krenske EH, Banwell MG, Coote ML et al. Mechanistic Studies on the Base-Promoted Conversion of Alkoxy-Substituted, Ring-Fused gem-Dihalocyclopropanes into Furans: Evidence for a Process Involving Electrocyclic Ring Closure of a Carbonyl Ylide Intermediate. Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2018 Nov 16;83(22):13678-13690. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01766

Mechanistic Studies on the Base-Promoted Conversion of Alkoxy-Substituted, Ring-Fused gem-Dihalocyclopropanes into Furans: Evidence for a Process Involving Electrocyclic Ring Closure of a Carbonyl Ylide Intermediate

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