Carbocation Organocatalysis in Interrupted Povarov Reactions to cis-Fused Pyrano- and Furanobenzodihydropyrans

Jingjing Liu, Jiaxi Xu, Zhenjiang Li, Yu Huang, Haixin Wang, Yu Gao, Tianfo Guo, Pingkai Ouyang, Kai Guo

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Abstract

Tritylium cation-catalyzed interrupted Povarov reactions afforded cis-4-aminobenzodihydropyrans in excellent yields (90 %) within 10 min by low catalyst loadings (1 mol-%). A mechanism involving Lewis acidic catalysis by a carbocation was proposed and validated. Changing a one-pot batch version of the reaction into a two-stage convergent continuous flow procedure led to a 10-fold time reduction (to 1 min) with 88 % yield.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3996-4003
Number of pages8
JournalEuropean Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume2017
Issue number27
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Jul 2017

Keywords

  • Carbocations
  • Heterocycles
  • Lewis acids
  • Organocatalysis
  • Povarov reaction
  • Tritylium ion

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