Chemistry Letters

Novel One-pot Synthesis of Polysubstituted Isocoumarins from Arynes and Trifluoroacetylated β-Diketones

…, Y Tanabe, R Itoyama, A Miura, N Nagahora, K Shioji

Index: Okuma, Kentaro; Hirano, Koki; Tanabe, Yukiko; Itoyama, Ryoichi; Miura, Atsumi; Nagahora, Noriyoshi; Shioji, Kosei Chemistry Letters, 2014 , vol. 43, # 4 p. 492 - 494

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Abstract

Polysubstituted isocoumarins such as thunberginol A were synthesized by the reaction of substituted 2-(trimethylsilyl) phenyl triflate with trifluoromethylated β-diketones in the presence of CsF. The reaction proceeded via carbon–carbon bond insertion of aryne followed by intramolecular cyclization and CF 3 anion extrusion. The–C (··· O) CF 3 unit has high potential for not only the nucleophilic moiety but also a useful leaving group of CF 3.