Rapid and Multigram Synthesis of Vinylogous Esters under Continuous Flow: An Access to Transetherification and Reverse Reaction of Vinylogous Esters
- Nirmala Mohanta
- Moreshwar B. Chaudhari
- Naveen Kumar Digrawal
- Boopathy Gnanaprakasam*
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune 411008, India
Read the publication that featured this abstractAn environmentally benign approach for the synthesis of vinylogous esters from 1,3-diketone and its reverse reaction under continuous-flow has been developed with alcohols in the presence of inexpensive Amberlyst-15 as a catalyst. This methodology is highly selective and general for a range of cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds which gives a library of linear alkylated and arylated vinylogous esters in good to excellent yield under solvent and metal free condition. Furthermore, the long-time experiment in a continuous-flow up to 40 h afforded 8.0 g of the vinylogous ester with turnover number (TON) = 28.6 and turnover frequency (TOF) = 0.715 h–1 using Amberlyst-15 as a catalyst. Furthermore, a continuous-flow sequential transetherification of vinylogous esters with various alcohols has been achieved in high yield. Reversibly, this vinylogous ester was deprotected or hydrolyzed into ketone using environmentally benign water as a solvent and Amberlyst-15 as a catalyst under continuous-flow process.
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