Aliphatic Ketone Claisen Rearrangement: Troubleshooting the Transetherification Step by Identifying a Stable Acid Catalyst

26 April 2024, Version 1
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Abstract

After optimization for catalyst stability, 4-chlorobenzoic acid emerged as the optimal catalyst for the aliphatic ketone Claisen rearrangement. The protocol enables a one-pot, metal-free, catalytic protocol from allylic alcohols to γ,δ-unsaturated ketones. The optimized process tolerates a range of substrates, including substituents with acid-labile protecting groups. Reaction monitoring and DFT studies of the aliphatic ketone Claisen process agree that the ultimate rearrangement step typically has the highest activation barrier.

Keywords

Claisen rearrangement
acid catalysis
reaction optimization

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Experimental procedures, optimization and same excess experiments, characterization data, and computational details
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Cartesian coordinates
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XYZ coordinates of computed structures (ZIP)
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NMR FAIRDATA
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FAIR data, including the primary NMR FID files, for compounds 1b-1z, S1a-S1c, 6a-6aa, S6a-S6c, 4a, 4p, 5a, 5p (ZIP)
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Copies of NMR spectra and GC chromatograms (PDF)
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