Application of Microwave in Organic Synthesis. Dry Synthesis of 2-Arylmethylene-3(2)-naphthofuranones
Application of Microwave in Organic Synthesis. Dry Synthesis of 2-Arylmethylene-3(2)-naphthofuranones
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DOI:
10.3390/30300088
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发表时间:
1998-03
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4.6
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D. Villemin;B. Martin;N. Bar
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作者:
D. Villemin;B. Martin;N. Bar
Didier Villemin*, Benoit Martin and Nathalie BarEcole Nationale Superieure d'Ingenieurs de Caen (ISMRA) Universite de Caen,UMR 6507,6 Boulevard du Marechal Juin F-14050 Caen Cedex, FranceTel (33) 2 31 45 28 40, Fax (33) 2 31 45 28 77, E-mail: Didier.Villemin@ismra.frReceived: 19 February 1998 / Accepted: 3 March 1998 / Published: 5 March 1998Abstract: 3(2)-Naphthofuranone ( 1) was condensed in the presence of Al 2O3-KF with aromatic aldehydes(4) to give arylidenenaphthofuranones ( 5a-f ) without solvent under focused microwave irradiation.Keywords : Microwaves, organic synthesis, catalysis, dry reaction, furanone, aurone.IntroductionAurones (aurone, sulfuretol, maritimetol, leptosidol,etc.) are natural yellow pigments of plants related toflavonoids [1]. Aurones have a limited occurrence − thefirst aurone was discovered only in 1943 and, because ofthe limited methods of synthesis [1,3], aurones havereceived very limited attention. Analogy with flavonoidssuggests that aurones could have interesting biologicalproperties [2].We have already reported that five-membered ringcompounds with a carbonyl group, like tetronic acid [3a],pyrazolone [3b], thiohydanthoin [3c] or indanone [3d],exhibit a high carbon acidity due to the pseudo-planarstructure. These compounds consequently can becondensed easily with aldehydes in the presence of a solidcatalyst (alumina, clay, Al2O3-KF) without solvent (drycondensation).We report herein the extension of this reaction to thesynthesis of 2-arylmethylene-3(2)-naphthofuranones.Naphthofuranone (1), the homologue of 2-coumaranone(2), can be derived from 2-naphthoxyacetic acid (3), anuseful auxin hormone [4]. We are also interested instudying the biological properties of such 3(2)-naphthofuranones described in older literature [5] butpoorly studied to date.