From Maleic Anhydrides to Substituted Resorcinols

Authors

  • Khaled Abou-Hadeed

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2000.760

Keywords:

Cyclopent-2-ene-1, 4-diones, Five to six membered ring enlargement, Oxidoenolate-bisenolate rearrangement, Resorcinols

Abstract

Symmetrically substituted maleic anhydrides react at -78 °C with lithiomethyl phenyl sulfone to give the corresponding 4-hydroxy-4-(phenylsulfonylmethyl)-buteno-4-lactones, which, on treatment with Mel/K2CO3 in acetone, are transformed into 5-methyl-5-phenylsulfonylcyclopent-2-ene-1,4-diones. These compounds rearrange in the presence of an excess of lithiomethyl phenyl sulfone at -78 °C and then butyllithium at -5 °C to ambient temperature into 4,5-disubstituted 6-methyl-2-phenylsulfonyl-resorcinols.

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Published

2000-12-20

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