Issue 110, 2015

Microwave-assisted organic syntheses: microwave effect on intramolecular reactions – the Claisen rearrangement of allylphenyl ether and 1-allyloxy-4-methoxybenzene

Abstract

This article examined how and the possible effect microwaves may have on intramolecular reactions such as those of the Claisen-type rearrangement carried out in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solvent and in solvent-free, microwave irradiation conditions. For comparison, the reaction was also performed by conventional heating using an oil bath. 2-Allylphenol was synthesized from allylphenyl ether in DMSO solvent under stirring conditions as a model intramolecular reaction taking place via the Claisen rearrangement using a commercial microwave chemical apparatus together with conventional heating; no enhancement of the reaction occurred. To further examine the influence of microwave irradiation on Claisen rearrangement reactions, we also investigated the transformation of 1-allyloxy-4-methoxybenzene to 2-allyl-4-methoxyphenol under both solvent-free conditions (no stirring) and in DMSO medium; here also no reaction enhancement was observed. This notwithstanding, microwaves did impact the formation of a by-product formed in the latter reaction, which was identified by GC and GC/MS as 4-methoxyphenol, the yield of which was nearly fourfold greater (ca. 6%) under microwave irradiation than under oil-bath heating (ca. 1.5%). The latter suggests that under solvent-free conditions a microwave non-thermal effect influenced the formation of this by-product during the Claisen rearrangement process, contrary to the case where the reaction was performed in DMSO medium for which the yields were identical (ca. 2.5%), regardless of whether the reactant was microwave or oil-bath heated.

Graphical abstract: Microwave-assisted organic syntheses: microwave effect on intramolecular reactions – the Claisen rearrangement of allylphenyl ether and 1-allyloxy-4-methoxybenzene

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Sep 2015
Accepted
15 Oct 2015
First published
15 Oct 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 90272-90280

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Microwave-assisted organic syntheses: microwave effect on intramolecular reactions – the Claisen rearrangement of allylphenyl ether and 1-allyloxy-4-methoxybenzene

S. Horikoshi, T. Watanabe, M. Kamata, Y. Suzuki and N. Serpone, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 90272 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA18039B

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