A general strategy for the synthesis of 2-substituted cyclobutanone sulfides via a tandem Br nsted acid-catalyzed nucleophile addition/ring contraction/C3-C4 ring expansion reaction sequence has been exploited. The procedure led to a wide panel of four-membered cyclic ketones in good to excellent yields and with broad substrate scope. Mechanistic aspects and kinetic parameters were investigated by quantum chemical DFT calculations, allowing us to rationalize the different reactivity of 2-aryl- and 2-alkyl-substituted 2-hydroxycyclobutanones towards thiol nucleophiles in reactions mediated by sulfonic acids. NMR and in situ Raman techniques were employed to better understand the reaction kinetics and parameters that affect the desired outcome.

Insights into the reactivity of 2-hydroxycyclobutanones with thiols corroborated by quantum chemical DFT investigations, NMR and Raman analysis

Porcu S.
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Cabua M. C.;Velichko V.;Frongia A.;Carbonaro C. M.;Ricci P. C.;Parsons D. F.;Secci F.
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2022-01-01

Abstract

A general strategy for the synthesis of 2-substituted cyclobutanone sulfides via a tandem Br nsted acid-catalyzed nucleophile addition/ring contraction/C3-C4 ring expansion reaction sequence has been exploited. The procedure led to a wide panel of four-membered cyclic ketones in good to excellent yields and with broad substrate scope. Mechanistic aspects and kinetic parameters were investigated by quantum chemical DFT calculations, allowing us to rationalize the different reactivity of 2-aryl- and 2-alkyl-substituted 2-hydroxycyclobutanones towards thiol nucleophiles in reactions mediated by sulfonic acids. NMR and in situ Raman techniques were employed to better understand the reaction kinetics and parameters that affect the desired outcome.
2022
Bronsted acid catalysis; cyclobutanones; quantum chemical DFT; ring contraction; ring expansion; thiols; transposition
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