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. 2023 Apr 19;28(8):3578.
doi: 10.3390/molecules28083578.

Silver-Promoted Radical Cascade Aryldifluoromethylation/Cyclization of 2-Allyloxybenzaldehydes for the Synthesis of 3-Aryldifluoromethyl-Containing Chroman-4-one Derivatives

Qianqian Sun  1 , Hongxiao Li  1 , Xingyu Chen  1 , Jian Hao  1 , Hongmei Deng  2 , Haizhen Jiang  1   3
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Silver-Promoted Radical Cascade Aryldifluoromethylation/Cyclization of 2-Allyloxybenzaldehydes for the Synthesis of 3-Aryldifluoromethyl-Containing Chroman-4-one Derivatives

Qianqian Sun et al. Molecules. .

Abstract

A convenient silver-promoted radical cascade aryldifluoromethylation/cyclization of 2-allyloxybenzaldehydes has been developed. Experimental studies disclosed that the addition of aryldifluoromethyl radicals in situ produced from easily accessible gem-difluoroarylacetic acids to unactivated double bonds in 2-allyloxybenzaldehyde was an effective route to access a series of 3-aryldifluoromethyl-containing chroman-4-one derivatives in moderate to good yields under mild reaction conditions.

Keywords: aryldifluoromethylation/cyclization; chroman-4-one derivatives; radical cascade.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interest or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Examples of the bioactive compounds with a 3-substituent chroman-4-one moiety.
Scheme 1
Scheme 1
Synthesis of 3-difluoromethylene-containing chroman-4-one derivatives.
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Figure 2
X-ray crystallography of 3aq′ (gray for carbon atoms, green for fluorine atom, yellow for sulfur atom and red for oxygen atom).
Scheme 2
Scheme 2
Control experiments.
Scheme 3
Scheme 3
Plausible reaction mechanism.
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