ChemInform Abstract: Double Functionalization of 2‐Amino‐2′‐hydroxy‐1,1′‐biaryls: Synthesis of 4‐Nitro‐dibenzofurans and Benzofuro‐indoles.

Abstract

Several substituted 2′-amino-biphenyl-2-ols were synthesized. The mild and TM-free double functionalization: nitration and cycloetherification of 2′-amino-biphenyl-2-ols have been achieved for the synthesis of functionalized 4-nitro-dibenzofurans utilizing NaNO2 in TFA and water. Interestingly, nitration of phenol ring was observed along with the dibenzofuran ring formation in the one-pot synthesis. The position of the nitro group in several dibenzofurans is also established by X-ray crystal structure studies. Further functionalization of the obtained 4-nitro-dibenzofurans has been carried into 3-nitro-terphenyl-2-ol, novel benzofuro-indoles, and amino-dibenzofurans. The mechanistic understanding on double functionalization of 2′-amino-biphenyl-2-ols suggests that reaction proceeds by a combination of nitration of the phenol ring followed by Sandmeyer reaction for dibenzofuran ring formation.