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S Keerthana1, Aman Indora1, Shivani Kumari2
1School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695551, India.
Abstract:
A one-pot methodology for the tandem acylation and oxidative aromatization of vinylogous thioesters to 2-acyl-5-(alkyl/arylthio) phenols is presented. Initially, cyclohexane-1,3-diones were converted to vinylogous thioesters through FeCl3-mediated thioenolization. This was followed by LiTMP-mediated acylation and DDQ-mediated aromatization, which resulted in the synthesis of sulphur derived oxybenzone analogs. Notably, replacing the methoxy group of oxybenzone with alkylthioxy or arylthioxy groups significantly enhanced UV absorption properties. The newly synthesized oxybenzone analogs exhibited superior UV absorption, effectively covering the entire UVA and UVB regions spanning from 240 to 440 nm. Furthermore, toxicity studies conducted on HEK293T cells demonstrated that many of the thio-analogs exhibit lower toxicity compared to parent oxybenzone, suggests potential for safer and more effective UV protection formulas.
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