Photo-organocatalytic synthesis of acetals from aldehydes

Abstract

A mild and green photo-organocatalytic protocol for the highly efficient acetalization of aldehydes has been developed. Utilizing thioxanthenone as the photocatalyst and inexpensive household lamps as the light source, a variety of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes have been converted into acyclic and cyclic acetals in high yields. The reaction mechanism was extensively studied

Photo-organocatalytic synthesis of acetals from aldehydes

 

Nikolaos F. Nikitas,^a  Ierasia Triandafillidi^a  and  Christoforos G. Kokotos*^a 

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^aLaboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Athens 15771, Greece
E-mail:ckokotos@chem.uoa.gr

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(3,3-Dimethoxypropyl)benzene (2a)6
Colorless oil; 95% yield; 1H NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 7.33-7.18 (5H, m, ArH), 4.37 (1H, t, J = 5.8 Hz, OCH), 3.33 (6H, s, 2 x OCH3), 2.68 (2H, t, J = 7.6 Hz, CH2), 1.98- 1.87 (2H, m, CH2); 13C NMR (50 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 141.8, 128.4, 125.9, 103.7, 52.8, 34.0, 30.8; MS (ESI) m/z 181 [M+H]+ .
6. Q. Zhou, T. Jia. X.-X. Li, L. Zhou, C.-J. Li, Y. S. Feng, Synth. Commun., 2018, 48, 1068.

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2,5-Diformylfuran an easy molecule to learn NMR

2,5-Diformylfuran (DFF), 5 (lit. 2 ) 2 Kashparova, V. P., Khokhlova, E. A., Galkin, K. I., Chernyshev, V. M. & Ananikov, V. P. The “onepot” synthesis of 2,5-diformylfuran, a promising synthon for organic materials in the conversion of biomass. Russ. Chem. Bull. 64, 1069-1073 (2015).

1H NMR (CDCl3) = 9.87 (s, 2H), 7.35 (s, 2H);

13C NMR (CDCl3) = 181.1, 154.1, 122.5 ppm.

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Efficient route for the construction of polycyclic systems from bioderived HMF 

Green Chem., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7GC02211E, Paper

F. A. Kucherov, K. I. Galkin, E. G. Gordeev, V. P. Ananikov
Efficient one-pot synthesis of tricyclic compounds from biobased 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is described using a [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction.

Efficient route for the construction of polycyclic systems from bioderived HMF

F. A. Kucherov,^a  K. I. Galkin,^a  E. G. Gordeev^a  and  V. P. Ananikov*^a 

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^aZelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 47, Moscow 119991, Russia
E-mail: val@ioc.ac.ru
Web: http://AnanikovLab.ru

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