2-Methoxybenzene-1,4-diol → 2,5,8-Trimethoxy-4a,9,9a,10-tetrahydro-9,10-[1,2]benzenoanthracene-1,4-dione

HRID 2306906

Reaction equation

HRID 2306906 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[C:16]2[C:7](=[CH:8][C:9]3[C:14]([CH:15]=2)=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=3)[C:6]([O:17][CH3:18])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1.[CH3:19][O:20][C:21]1[CH:27]=[C:26]([OH:28])[CH:25]=[CH:24][C:22]=1[OH:23]>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1>[CH3:18][O:17][C:6]1[CH:5]=[CH:4][C:3]([O:2][CH3:1])=[C:16]2[C:7]=1[CH:8]1[C:9]3[C:14](=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=3)[CH:15]2[CH:24]2[C:22]([C:21]([O:20][CH3:19])=[CH:27][C:26](=[O:28])[CH:25]12)=[O:23]

Participants

4

Conditions

Temperature
25 °C

Procedure

A solution of 0.70 g (2.90 mmol) of 2 and 1.00 g (7.20 mmol) of 6 in 10 mL of toluene in a sealed tube was heated at 150° C. for 1 day, cooled to 25° C., concentrated to dryness, and column chromatographed on silica gel using a gradient mixture of hexane and ethyl acetate as solvent gave 0.52 g (48% yield) of compounds 5 as a mixture of exo- and endo-(1:1) isomers along with 0.62 g of 6. The exo- and endo-isomers were partially separated by silica gel column and the stereochemistry have not assigned. Compound 5, less polar isomer: MS, m/z 376 (M+), 375. 1H NMR d 7.24-7.18 (m, 2H), 7.08-7.04 (m, 2H), 6.65 (s, 2H, C6,7 Hs), 5.61 (s, 1H), 5.33 (bs, 2H), 3.82 (s, 6H, OMe), 3.48 (s, 3H, OMe), 3.12 (ABd, J=9 Hz, 1H), 3.06 (ABd, J=9 Hz, 1H). More polar isomer: MS, m/z 376 (M+), 375. 1H NMR d 7.40 (m, 2H), 7.16 (m, 2H), 6.60 (ABd, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 6.56 (Abd, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 5.65 (s, 1H, ═CH), 5.33 (bs, 2H, C9,10 Hs), 3.76 (s, 3H, OMe), 3.73 (s, 3H, OMe), 3.51 (s, 3H, OMe), 3.13 (Abd, J=9 Hz, 1H), 3.08 (Abd, J=9 Hz, 1H). This mixture of compounds was used in the next step.

Workup

  1. concentrationconcentrated to dryness, and column
  2. customchromatographed on silica gel using
  3. additiona gradient mixture of hexane and ethyl acetate as solvent

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5e45cc1ea98e4902b7704c132fe8fe70
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_12
Patent number
US06828450B2

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