Toward Customized Tetrahydropyran Derivatives through Regioselective alpha-Lithiation and Functionalization of 2-Phenyltetrahydropyran

Cicco, Luciana; Addante, Valeria; Temperini, Andrea; Donau, Carsten Adam; Karaghiosoff, Konstantin; Perna, Filippo Maria and Capriati, Vito (2016): Toward Customized Tetrahydropyran Derivatives through Regioselective alpha-Lithiation and Functionalization of 2-Phenyltetrahydropyran. In: European Journal of Organic Chemistry, No. 19: pp. 3157-3161

Abstract

In this contribution, the first direct and efficient functionalization of the preformed 2-phenyltetrahydropyran (2-PhTHP) nucleus by electrophilic interception of the corresponding alpha-lithiated derivative by employing sBuLi as the base and THF as the solvent at -78 degrees C was explored. The presence of N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) proved to be critical to governing reaction feasibility both in polar and apolar solvents and for improving the yield of the reaction. Both carbon-and heteroatom-based halides were found to be competent electrophiles for this transformation, as well as aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes and ketones, isocyanates, and carboxylic acid derivatives. The combination of hexane/TMEDA lowered the rate of racemization of a-lithiated optically active 2-PhTHP, which thereby enabled calculation of its barrier to inversion at -78 degrees C.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Chemistry and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
• Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry
• ISSN: 1434-193X
• Language: English