Formation of upper rim acylated calix[4]arenes using a sacrificial zinc anode

Autor: Alain Louati, Manuel Lejeune, Valérie Gabelica, Dominique Matt, Rame Vataj
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron Letters. 46:7499-7502
ISSN: 0040-4039
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.09.007
Popis: A straightforward electrosynthetic method is described, which allows upper rim acylation of non- p -halogenated calix[4]arenes. For example, a solution of tetrapropoxycalix[4]arene 4 was electrolysed in the presence of ZnBr 2 in an undivided cell fitted with a sacrificial zinc anode using pure acetonitrile as solvent, yielding an organozinc species, which was then treated with acetyl chloride in the presence of a palladium catalyst to afford 5,11-diacetyl-25,26,27,28-tetrapropoxycalix[4]arene 5 in ca. 35% yield after workup.
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