title: Alcohol-assisted phosphine catalysis: one-step syntheses of dihydropyrones from aldehydes and allenoates.
abstract: This paper describes the phosphine-catalyzed annulation of methyl allenoate with various aromatic aldehydes to form 6-aryl-4-methoxy-5,6-dihydro-2-pyrones. In this reaction, the addition of an alcohol was necessary to induce dihydropyrone formation, with the optimal agent being methanol. Moreover, the addition of n-butyllithium suppressed the formation of the noncyclized product, leading to the exclusive isolation of the dihydropyrone. This method provides an efficient, one-step route toward disubstituted dihydropyrones from simple, stable starting materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, USA.
authors.forename: Gardner S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Creech
authors.forename: Ohyun
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry*; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry*; D000466:Alkadienes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010720:Phosphines / Q000737:chemistry*; D011753:Pyrones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D000447:Aldehydes; D000466:Alkadienes; D010720:Phosphines; D011753:Pyrones; C025947:propadiene; C044646:phosphine