palladium-catalyzed regioselective alkoxylation via c-h bond activation in the dihydrobenzo[c]acridine series
;Benjamin Large;Flavien Bourdreux;Aurélie Damond;Anne Gaucher;Damien Prim
journal of essential oil research2018Vol. 8pp. 139-
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large2018catalystspalladium-catalyzed
Abstract
5,6-Dihydrobenzo[c]acridine belongs to the large aza-polycyclic compound family. Such molecules are not fully planar due to the presence of a partially hydrogenated ring. This paper describes the first Pd-catalyzed alkoxylation via C-H bond activation of variously substituted 5,6-dihydrobenzo[c]acridines. We determined suitable conditions to promote the selective formation of C-O bonds using 10% Pd(OAc)2, PhI(OAc)2 (2 eq.) and MeOH as the best combination of oxidant and solvent, respectively. Under these conditions, 5,6-dihydrobenzo[c]acridines bearing substituents at both rings A and D were successfully functionalized, giving access to polysubstitutited acridine motifs.