A Conventient Synthesis of 3-Hydroxy-4-chromanone Using Iodobenzene Diacetate |
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Authors: | Robert M Moriarty Om Prakash Cyriac T Thachet |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, Illinois, 60680 |
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Abstract: | A useful synthesis of 3-hydroxy-4-chromanone (6) is not currently available. Lead tetraacetate oxidation of 4-chromanone (4) yields the C(3) acetoxy derivative but this compound could not be deacetylated to 6.1 Recently Donnelly and Maloney reported2 that the Algar-Flynn-Oyamada reaction (H2O2/CH3OH/NaOH), which is commonly used for the conversion of o-hydroxychalcones (1) into 3-hydroxyflavanone (2) and 3-hydroxyflavones (3), does not yield 6 when applied to o-hydroxya-crylophenone 1 (R = H). The authors found that under less basic conditions using K2CO3 some 6 is formed but the major product is catechol. These observations clearly indicate the necessity of developing a method for making 6. The present note describes a staightforward way of preparing 3-hydroxy-4-chromanone (6) in good yield. |
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