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Dynamic Trapping as a Selective Route to Renewable Phthalide from Biomass-Derived Furfuryl Alcohol.

ABSTRACT: A novel route for the production of the versatile chemical building block phthalide from biorenewable furfuryl alcohol and acrylate esters is presented. Two challenges that limit sustainable aromatics production via Diels-Alder (DA) aromatisation-an unfavourable equilibrium position and undesired regioselectivity when using asymmetric addends-were addressed using a dynamic kinetic trapping strategy. Activated acrylates were used to speed up the forward and reverse DA reactions, allowing for one of the four DA adducts to undergo a selective intramolecular lactonisation reaction in the presence of a weak base. The adduct is removed from the equilibrium pool, pulling the system completely to the product with a fixed, desired regiochemistry. A single 1,2-regioisomeric lactone product was formed in up to 86 % yield and the acrylate activating agent liberated for reuse. The lactone was aromatised to give phthalide in almost quantitative yield in the presence of Ac₂ O and a catalytic amount of strong acid, or in 79 % using only catalytic acid.

SUBMITTER: Lancefield CS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756257 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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