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  • Synthesis of Dihydrofurans Substituted in the 2‐Position
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2005
    Co-Authors: Timothy G. Kilroy, Timothy P. O'sullivan, Patrick J. Guiry
    Abstract:

    Many natural products and biologically active compounds contain the Dihydrofuran subunit. Molecules incorporating either 2-substituted, 2,2-disubstituted 2,3- or 2,5-Dihydrofurans are widespread in the literature and represent key “molecular building blocks”. The preparation of substituted Dihydrofurans remains a current challenge in organic synthesis and this microreview details the various routes employed for their synthesis in the literature to the end of 2004. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)

  • The Application of HETPHOX Ligands to the Asymmetric Intermolecular Heck Reaction of 2,3-Dihydrofuran and 2,2-Disubstituted-2,3-Dihydrofurans
    Synthesis, 2004
    Co-Authors: Tim G. Kilroy, Pier Giorgio Cozzi, Nicole End, Patrick J. Guiry
    Abstract:

    A series of thiophene- and benzothiophene-oxazoline containing ligands, were applied in the intermolecular asymmetric phenylation and cyclohexenylation of 2,3-Dihydrofuran 1. Phenylation proceeded in moderate to high chemical yields, with good regioselectivities and in up to 95% ee. Cyclohexenylations gave similarly high chemical yields and regioselectivities with the optimal result being a 96% yield of the major product in 97% ee. 2,2-Dialkyl-2,3-Dihydrofurans were also tested as substrates and the phenylation and cyclohexenylation of 2,2-dimethyl-2,3-Dihydrofuran proceeded in high yields and ee's up to 91% and 89%, respectively. The phenylation and cyclohexenylation of the 2,2-diethyl analogue proceeded in excellent yields and ee's up to 99% and 87%, respectively. For each substrate, palladium complexes formed from the t-butyl-substituted ligand 10 gave the highest yields, regioselectivities, and enantioselectivities over the broad range of reaction conditions studied. 2,2-Diisopropyl-2,3-Dihydrofuran was prepared but was found to be unreactive in the intermolecular Heck reaction thus providing insight into to the steric limits for 2,3-Dihydrofuran substrates.

  • From 2,3-Dihydrofuran to 2,2-dialkyl-2,3-Dihydrofurans: new substrates for the intermolecular asymmetric Heck reaction
    Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-chemical, 2002
    Co-Authors: Tim G. Kilroy, Alan J. Hennessy, David J. Connolly, Yvonne M. Malone, Annette Farrell, Patrick J. Guiry
    Abstract:

    Palladium complexes of heterobidentate ferrocene-containing ligands were tested as catalysts in asymmetric intermolecular Heck reactions employing 2,3-Dihydrofuran as the substrate and afforded a mixture of products in various ratios depending on the choice of ligand and the conditions employed. The favoured kinetic isomer was obtained in enantioselectivities of up to 99%. Dihydrofurans disubstituted at the 2-position were postulated as new substrates as they form a single regioisomeric product, thus providing a true comparative test of enantioselectivity of a range of palladium complexes. The synthesis of 2,2-dimethyl-2,3-Dihydrofuran and 2,2-diethyl-2,3-Dihydrofuran and their application in the intermolecular asymmetric Heck reaction with both diphosphine and phosphinamine ligands is also described. For both phenylation and cyclohexenylation of 2,3-Dihydrofuran and 2,2-dimethyl-2,3-Dihydrofuran the t-Bu substituted diphenylphosphinoferrocenyloxazoline ligand gave best results. The use of 2,2-diethyl-2,3-Dihydrofuran as substrate demonstrated that the increased bulk at the 2-position had a deleterious effect on both the chemical yields and ees in phenylations and cyclohexenylations although enantioselectivities of 94 and 93% were obtained, respectively.

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  • Towards a better understanding of the electrosynthesis of 2,5-dicarboxy-2,5-Dihydrofurans: structure, mechanism and influence over stereochemistry
    Royal Society open science, 2019
    Co-Authors: Michael A. Shipman, Stephen Sproules, Claire Wilson, Mark D. Symes
    Abstract:

    2,5-Dicarboxy-2,5-Dihydrofurans are key constituents of a number of natural products and have roles as intermediates in the formation of other such compounds of interest. Typically, these species are synthesized using toxic Pb(IV) salts. Electrochemical syntheses of 2,5-diacetoxy-2,5-Dihydrofuran that do not require the use of lead have been reported, but a general lack of experimental detail has prevented these procedures from being more widely adopted. Moreover, no electrochemical study has yet reported the ratio of cis and trans isomers produced. Herein, we compare the chemical, lead-based route to 2,5-diacetoxy-2,5-Dihydrofuran with a fully described electrosynthesis method. In doing so, we have discovered that the cis and trans isomers of this compound were previously incorrectly assigned in the literature, an error that we correct by obtaining the crystal structure of cis-2,5-diacetoxy-2,5-Dihydrofuran. This allows the ratios of the isomers as prepared by the chemical (2 : 1 cis : trans) and electrochemical (7 : 5 cis : trans) methods to be obtained. Through experimental and computational insights, we propose a mechanism for the electrochemical synthesis of 2,5-dicarboxy-2,5-Dihydrofurans and go some way towards validating this mechanism by synthesizing 2,5-dibutoxy-2,5-Dihydrofuran electrochemically for the first time. We hope that these findings will provide some greater clarity to the literature surrounding the electrosynthesis and potential applications of 2,5-dicarboxy-2,5-Dihydrofurans.

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