Synthesis of fluorinated 3-aminobenzofurans via a tandem SNAr-cyclocondensation strategy
Synthesis of fluorinated 3-aminobenzofurans via a tandem SNAr-cyclocondensation strategy
A small library of twenty-seven novel 3-amino-2,6-disubstituted-4,5,7-trifluorobenzofurans was successfully synthesized with the compounds formed in low to good yield using a tandem SNAr-cyclocondensation reaction of 4-substituted perfluorobenzonitriles with α-hydroxycarbonyl compounds employing DBU as base. The compounds were prepared as part of a medicinal chemistry project to develop novel fluorinated heterocyclic leads and were characterised by 1H and 19F NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, high resolution mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. The X-ray crystal structure of the 2-(4-methoxybenzoyl)-6-morpholino derivative was determined, which showed the benzoyl substituent to be coplanar with the benzofuran ring, and to form a hydrogen bond to the 3-amino group. Attempts to synthesise the corresponding 3-unsubstituted or 3-methyl analogues using 4-substituted perfluoro-benzaldehydes or acetophenones were unsuccessful, with cleavage of the carbonyl group occurring. A mechanistic study indicated that alkoxide ions attacked the carbonyl group, rather than effecting SNAr reaction at C-2, leading to loss of a perfluoroaryl anion which was trapped with D2O.
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Tawell, Hugh W., Robinson, William, Li, Yuqi, Tizzard, Graham J., Coles, Simon J., Bhambra, Avninder S., Edgar, Mark and Weaver, George W.
(2025)
Synthesis of fluorinated 3-aminobenzofurans via a tandem SNAr-cyclocondensation strategy.
RSC Advances, 15 (16), .
(doi:10.1039/d5ra02024g).
Abstract
A small library of twenty-seven novel 3-amino-2,6-disubstituted-4,5,7-trifluorobenzofurans was successfully synthesized with the compounds formed in low to good yield using a tandem SNAr-cyclocondensation reaction of 4-substituted perfluorobenzonitriles with α-hydroxycarbonyl compounds employing DBU as base. The compounds were prepared as part of a medicinal chemistry project to develop novel fluorinated heterocyclic leads and were characterised by 1H and 19F NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, high resolution mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. The X-ray crystal structure of the 2-(4-methoxybenzoyl)-6-morpholino derivative was determined, which showed the benzoyl substituent to be coplanar with the benzofuran ring, and to form a hydrogen bond to the 3-amino group. Attempts to synthesise the corresponding 3-unsubstituted or 3-methyl analogues using 4-substituted perfluoro-benzaldehydes or acetophenones were unsuccessful, with cleavage of the carbonyl group occurring. A mechanistic study indicated that alkoxide ions attacked the carbonyl group, rather than effecting SNAr reaction at C-2, leading to loss of a perfluoroaryl anion which was trapped with D2O.
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Accepted/In Press date: 11 April 2025
Published date: 22 April 2025
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