Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 725.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20180599

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Sc(Ⅲ) Catalyzed Nucleophilic Addition of in situ Generated ortho-Quinone Methides with Thiols: an Efficient Access to ortho-Hydroxybenzyl Thioethers

ZHANG Shuo*(), YU Yitao, LI Qinggang, ZHAO Ning, HOU Zitong, LIU Yifan, LI Bing, MU Qiuhong, LI Jinhui, WANG Feng, PENG Dan*()   

  1. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Special Silicone-Containing Materials, Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology(Shandong Academy of Sciences), Ji’nan 250014, China
  • Received:2018-08-27 Online:2019-04-03 Published:2019-01-15
  • Contact: ZHANG Shuo,PENG Dan E-mail:e50687e@163.com;lonarpeng@aliyun.com
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China(No.ZR2017BB033), the Youth Science Funds of Shandong Academy of Sciences, China(No.2018QN0030) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51503118).

Abstract:

Ortho-hydroxybenzyl thioethers play a vital role in chemical biology as they have anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. o-Quinone derivatives is not only a variety of active and important intermediate, but also widely used in the synthesis of natural products and medicinal chemistry. In the present study, the Sc(Ⅲ) catalyzed nucleophilic addition to o-quinone methides by thiols for the synthesis of ortho-hydroxybenzyl thioethers was developed. The reactions could be carried out with different primary thiols, secondary thiols and benzothiols. For 2-[hydroxyl(phenyl)methyl]phenols, electron-withdrawing groups and electron-donating groups on aromatic rings could react smoothly to obtain corresponding products. The structures of the products were characterized by infrared spectra, proton nuclear magnetic resonance, carbon nuclear magnetic resonance and high resolution mass spectra. The prominent features of the present strategy are wide substrate scope, mild reaction conditions and moderate to good yields. Furthermore, the reaction could be scaled up to multigram scale. A preliminary series of control experiments has been analyzed and the study on the extension to para-hydroxybenzyl alcohols for the synthesis of para-hydroxybenzyl thioethers has been achieved.

Key words: o-Quinone, Scandium(Ⅲ);, Thiol, Nucleophilic addition, ortho-Hydroxybenzyl thioether

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