Fluorination Homologation of Biorenewable Synthon Cyrene

A one-carbon difluorocyclopropanation/ring-expansion has been developed for the chiral synthon Cyrene, which is obtained via cellulose pyrolysis. The ring-enlargement was achieved by converting Cyrene (dihydrolevoglucosenone) into an enamine, reacting it with an in situ-generated difluorocarbene, an...

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Main Authors: Johannes Puschnig, Ben W. Greatrex
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description A one-carbon difluorocyclopropanation/ring-expansion has been developed for the chiral synthon Cyrene, which is obtained via cellulose pyrolysis. The ring-enlargement was achieved by converting Cyrene (dihydrolevoglucosenone) into an enamine, reacting it with an in situ-generated difluorocarbene, and then heating it to ring-open the cyclopropane. Access to the product provides access to fluorinated analogues of this valuable chiral biomass derivative.
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spelling doaj-art-ec01a57b6ad447f29d309fdcbbc58c9c2025-08-20T02:43:20ZengMDPI AGMolbank1422-85992024-12-0120244M192910.3390/M1929Fluorination Homologation of Biorenewable Synthon CyreneJohannes Puschnig0Ben W. Greatrex1Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine and Health, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, AustraliaA one-carbon difluorocyclopropanation/ring-expansion has been developed for the chiral synthon Cyrene, which is obtained via cellulose pyrolysis. The ring-enlargement was achieved by converting Cyrene (dihydrolevoglucosenone) into an enamine, reacting it with an in situ-generated difluorocarbene, and then heating it to ring-open the cyclopropane. Access to the product provides access to fluorinated analogues of this valuable chiral biomass derivative.https://www.mdpi.com/1422-8599/2024/4/M1929ring expansiondifluorocyclopropanegreen chemistrylevoglucosenonecyrene
spellingShingle Johannes Puschnig
Ben W. Greatrex
Fluorination Homologation of Biorenewable Synthon Cyrene
Molbank
ring expansion
difluorocyclopropane
green chemistry
levoglucosenone
cyrene
title Fluorination Homologation of Biorenewable Synthon Cyrene
title_full Fluorination Homologation of Biorenewable Synthon Cyrene
title_fullStr Fluorination Homologation of Biorenewable Synthon Cyrene
title_full_unstemmed Fluorination Homologation of Biorenewable Synthon Cyrene
title_short Fluorination Homologation of Biorenewable Synthon Cyrene
title_sort fluorination homologation of biorenewable synthon cyrene
topic ring expansion
difluorocyclopropane
green chemistry
levoglucosenone
cyrene
url https://www.mdpi.com/1422-8599/2024/4/M1929
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