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Substrate- and Reagent-Controlled Dimerization of Vinyl para-Quinone Methides
Ryan G Baker1, Kyle D Reichl1, Michael J Smith1
1Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States.
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Substrate and reagent-controlled dimerization of vinyl para-quinone methides (VPQMs) is reported. When subjected to Brønsted acidic conditions, VPQM dimerization occurs via a formal 1,8-addition to provide griffipavixanthone (GPX)-type congeners. Under optimized Lewis acidic conditions, a change in regioselectivity affords limonene-containing dimers by a 1,6-addition/cyclization process. This divergent reactivity has been explored on several substrates of differing complexity, providing access to analogues of the natural product griffipavixanthone (GPX) as well as a range of novel, substituted limonene dimers.
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