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Synthesis of 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4,6- dimethyldibenzothiophene via Tilak annulation

  • Xiaoying Xu
  • , Xiang Li
  • , Anjie Wang
  • , Yinyong Sun
  • , W. Bernd Schweizer
  • , Roel Prins*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Dalian University of Technology
  • Liaoning Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Technology and Equipments
  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • ETH Zurich

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Abstract

1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene was prepared by coupling 2-bromo-3-methylcyclohexanone with 2-methylbenzenethiol and annulating the product with the aid of polyphosphoric acid. A mixture of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4, 6-dimethyldibenzothiophene and 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene was prepared by coupling 2-bromo-3-methylcyclohex-2-en-1-one with 2-methylbenzenethiol and annulating the product with the aid of polyphosphoric acid. 2-Bromo-3- methylcyclohexanone was synthesized by conjugate addition of Me3Al to 2-bromocyclohex-2-en-1-one with CuBr as catalyst and 2-bromo-3-methylcyclohex- 2-en-1-one by bromination-elimination of 3-methylcyclohex-2-en-1-one. 1,2,3,4,4a,9b-Hexahydro-4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene was prepared by reduction of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene with Zn and CF 3COOH.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1754-1763
Number of pages10
JournalHelvetica Chimica Acta
Volume94
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cyclohex-2-en-1-one, 2-bromo-3-methyl-
  • Cyclohexanone, 2-bromo-3-methyl-
  • Dibenzothiophene, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4,6-dimethyl-
  • Dibenzothiophene, 4,6-dimethyl-
  • Tilak annulation
  • X-Ray crystallography

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