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Synthetic Studies on Potent Marine Drugs: Synthesis and the Crystal Structure of 6-tert-butyl-4-phenyl-4H-chromene-2-carboxylic Acid
Published Nov 4, 2013 · Hui-Jing Li, Jun-Li Wang, Rui Wang
Journal of Chemistry
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Abstract
4H-Chromene-2-carboxylic acid ester derivatives of renieramycin M might be of use for the structural-activity relationship studies of antitumor antibiotic tetrahydroisoquinoline natural products. Accordingly, 6-tert-butyl-4-phenyl-4H-chromene-2-carboxylic acid, one key intermediate, was synthesized via the condensation of (3E)-2-oxo-4-phenylbut-3-enoate methyl ester with 4-tert-butylphenol in the presence of AuCl3/3AgOTf (5 mol%), followed by cyclodehydration and aqueous hydrolysis. The product was unambiguously shown to the 4H-chromene-2-carboxylic acid by spectroscopy and X-ray crystallographic analysis. A packing diagram of the crystal structure shows that aromatic -stacking interactions and O–H⋯O hydrogen bond stabilize the structure in the solid.
6-tert-butyl-4-phenyl-4H-chromene-2-carboxylic acid, a key intermediate in the synthesis of antitumor antibiotic tetrahydroisoquinoline natural products, has been synthesized and its crystal structure determined.
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