Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of trans-3-Aryl-4-carbethoxy-2,3-dihydro-2-fur-2＇-oyl-5-methylfurans

Multi-substituted dihydrofurans are valuable intermediates for the synthesis of natural products and pharmaceuticals. Considerable attention has been focused on the development of efficient and regioselective methods for their preparation. Using K2CO3 as a base, with the reaction of fur-2-oylmethyltriphenylarsonium bromide 1 and ethyl 2-acetyl-3-arylacrylate 2 in tetrahydrofuran at room temperature, we found an efficient protocol was achieved to synthesize trans-3-aryl-4-carbethoxy-2,3-dihydro-2-fur-2＇-oyl-5-methylfurans 3 in good yield with high stereoselectivity. The structure of compound 3 was confirmed by IR, ^1H NMR, MS and HRMS. The mechanism for the formation of 3 was proposed.     

立体选择性合成2-呋喃甲酰基-3-芳基-4-乙氧羰基-5-甲基-反式-2,3-二氢呋喃

溴化呋喃甲酰基甲基三苯鉮1与2-乙酰基-3-芳基丙烯酸乙酯2以碳酸钾为碱，在四氢呋喃中室温反应，可以较好的收率、高立体选择性地生成反-2-呋喃甲酰基-3-芳基-4-乙氧羰基-5-甲基-2,3-二氢呋喃3。产物结构均经波谱予以确定。本文还提出了生成产物的可能机理。