Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
2000, 65, 772-788
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20000772
Preparation of Intermediates for Fluorinated Lignans by Conjugated and Tandem Additions on 3-Fluorofuran-2(5H)-one
Jaroslav Kvíčalaa,*, Růžena Vlasákováa, Jakub Plocara, Oldřich Paletaa and Andrew Pelterb
a Department of Organic Chemistry, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
b Department of Chemistry, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, U.K.
Abstract
Two syntheses of 3-fluorofuran-2(5H)-one (1) based on Wittig-Horner reaction of ethyl (diethoxyphosphoryl)fluoroacetate (15) with 2-oxoethyl acetate (16) or on transformation of D-erythronolactone (10) are given. 3-Fluorofuran-2(5H)-one (1) and ethyl 2-fluorobut- 2-enoate (2) undergo conjugate addition with soft nucleophiles based on arene- carboxaldehyde dithioacetals 7 to form 2-fluorolactones 3 and 2-fluoroalkanoates 4. Intermediate enolates can be trapped in the sense of tandem addition with arenecarboxaldehydes 8 or (arylmethyl)bromides 9 to form intermediates 5 and 6 for fluorolignans. Although the conjugate addition proceeds with low stereoselectivity yielding mixture of both diastereoisomers, the electrophile in tandem addition attacks the intermediary fluoroenolate exclusively anti to its bulky β-substituent in good accord with non-fluorinated furan- 2(5H)-ones.
Keywords: Conjugate additions; Tandem additions; 2-Fluorobut-2-enoate; 2-Fluorobut- 2-en-4-olide; Butenolides; Lignans; Lactones; Dithioacetals; Fluorinated compounds.
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