title: Iodine-catalyzed synthesis of five-membered cyclic ethers from 1,3-diols under solvent-free conditions.
abstract: Intramolecular etherification of 1,3-diols was investigated using iodine as a catalyst under solvent-free conditions. The reaction proceeded to completion in a heterogeneous system. Five-membered cyclic ethers were obtained by intramolecular cyclization of 1,3-diols with dehydration. A propella ether (11-oxatricyclo[4.4.3.0(1,6)]tridecane) was conveniently synthesized from a 1,3-diol (6-(2-hydroxyethyl)spiro[4.5]decan-6-ol) in 86% yield with carbon skeleton rearrangement under the following conditions: a temperature of 60 degrees C, a molar ratio of 1,3-diol:iodine = 1:0.2, and a time period of 3 h. Bicyclic ethers were also obtained from the corresponding 1,3-diols, but spiro ethers were obtained in lower yield. Terpenic cyclic ethers were efficiently synthesized from the corresponding 1,3-diols, derived from (+)-camphor and (-)-fenchone. In the case of etherification with a mechanism of carbon skeleton rearrangement, the yield of the solvent-free reaction was as high as that of the corresponding reaction in solution. Etherification reactions with carbon skeleton rearrangement proceeded more smoothly than those with hydride shift.
authors: Education center, Faculty of engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology. yoshio.kasashima@it-chiba.ac.jp
authors: Yoshio
authors: Y
authors: Kasashima
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Uzawa
authors: Tadasuke
authors: T
authors: Nishida
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Mino
authors: Masami
authors: M
authors: Sakamoto
authors: Tsutomu
authors: T
authors: Fujita
mesh_terms: D001892:Camphanes; D002164:Camphor / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D003500:Cyclization; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D007455:Iodine / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009636:Norbornanes / Q000737:chemistry; D012997:Solvents; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001892:Camphanes; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic; D009636:Norbornanes; D012997:Solvents; C027327:fenchone; D002164:Camphor; D007455:Iodine