{"title":"Synthesis of 2-Arylphenols via Formal Bismuth(V)-Mediated C–O Arylation of Guaiacols","authors":"Natasha F. M. Ansarian, Liam T. Ball","doi":"10.1021/acs.orglett.5c00593","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We report a new C–O arylation strategy for the synthesis of 2-arylphenols from bio-abundant guaiacols. Functionalization of the strong C–O bond is achieved through a sequence of arylative dearomatization, mediated selectively by an electrophilic bismuth(V) arylating agent, followed by 1,2-reduction and deoxygenative rearomatization. This methodology represents a rare example of complexity-generating deoxygenation applied to lignin-derived biorefinery feedstocks and provides independence from the regioselectivity rules established for the bismuth(V)-mediated arylation of simple phenols.","PeriodicalId":54,"journal":{"name":"Organic Letters","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Organic Letters","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c00593","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We report a new C–O arylation strategy for the synthesis of 2-arylphenols from bio-abundant guaiacols. Functionalization of the strong C–O bond is achieved through a sequence of arylative dearomatization, mediated selectively by an electrophilic bismuth(V) arylating agent, followed by 1,2-reduction and deoxygenative rearomatization. This methodology represents a rare example of complexity-generating deoxygenation applied to lignin-derived biorefinery feedstocks and provides independence from the regioselectivity rules established for the bismuth(V)-mediated arylation of simple phenols.
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