Fluorous-Phase Approach to α-Hydroxytropolone Synthesis. 2018

Michael P D'Erasmo, and Ryan P Murelli
Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York , Brooklyn, New York 11210, United States.

α-Hydroxytropolones (αHTs) are troponoids that demonstrate inhibition against an array of therapeutically significant targets, making them potential drug leads for several human diseases. We have utilized a recently discovered one-pot three-component oxidopyrylium cycloaddition in a solid-supported synthesis of αHTs. Though the procedure is time efficient and generates assay-ready molecules, the system suffers from low yields and an inability to perform reaction modifications on resin-bound intermediates. In order to combat these issues with the solid-phase platform, we incorporated fluorous tags into our synthetic route. Through the implementation of fluorous phase chemistry, we demonstrate a substantial increase in the overall yield of αHTs, as well as an ability to execute metal-catalyzed cross coupling and amide coupling on fluorous tagged intermediates. We also show that tagged molecules can be separated from nonfluorous impurities, and vice versa, by utilizing fluorous liquid-liquid and solid-phase extractions. Hence, these proof-of-principle investigations describe the viability of a fluorous phase approach to αHT synthesis and its potential to serve as a combinatorial technique to produce structurally diverse substrates.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005459 Fluorides Inorganic salts of hydrofluoric acid, HF, in which the fluorine atom is in the -1 oxidation state. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Sodium and stannous salts are commonly used in dentifrices. Fluoride
D014334 Tropolone A seven-membered aromatic ring compound. It is structurally related to a number of naturally occurring antifungal compounds (ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS).
D015394 Molecular Structure The location of the atoms, groups or ions relative to one another in a molecule, as well as the number, type and location of covalent bonds. Structure, Molecular,Molecular Structures,Structures, Molecular

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