Synthesis of Functional Dihydrofurans From the Radical Reaction of Unsymmetrical Alkenes With Active Methylene Compounds by Manganese(III) Acetate and Investigation of Substituent Effect on Coupling Constant of Vicinal Protons


YILMAZ M., Ustalar A.

ChemistrySelect, cilt.11, sa.12, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/slct.73029
  • Dergi Adı: ChemistrySelect
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Chemical Abstracts Core
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: dihydrofurans, Manganese(III) acetate, radical addition, stereoselectivity, vicinal coupling constant
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Trans- and cis-dihydrofurans were obtained from the radical addition-cyclization of 3-phenyl-oxopropanenitrile (4a) and 1,3-dicarbonyls (4b-d) to various unsymmetrical alkenes (5a-f) mediated by manganese(III) acetate. In the reaction of unsaturated esters with 3-phenyl-oxopropanenitrile (4a) and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds (4b-c), trans-dihydrofurans were obtained in higher yield than cis-dihydrofurans. Similarly, cis- and trans-dihydrofurans were obtained from the reaction of 1-(2-thienyl)propene (5e) with dimedone (4c), 1-(thiophen-2-yl)butane-1,3-dione (4d), 4,4-difluoro-1-(thiophen-2-yl)butane-1,3-dione (4e), and 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(thiophen-2-yl)butane-1,3-dione (4f). In addition, different cyclization products were obtained from the reaction of dimedone (4c) with (E)-3-styrylthiophene (5f) as mixtures of trans and cis-dihydrofuran. These compounds were differentiated by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, HMBC, and HSQC techniques. Coupling constants of dihydrofurans that were obtained from the cyclization of 4a-c with alkenes (5a-e), were determined as J = 9.6–11.2 Hz for cis (7a-h) and J = 5.6–7.2 Hz for trans diastereomers (6a-h). However, when C-3 carbon bears difluoroacetyl and trifluoroacetyl groups, it was observed that vicinal couplings of cis-diastereomers remained the same (Jcis = 7.6 Hz for both) while vicinal couplings of trans-diastereomers decreased significantly (Jtrans = 2.8 Hz for 6j and Jtrans = 2.0 Hz for 6k).