Abstract
The synthesis of epoxides 2 by the reaction of the chloro- and methyl-substituted 2,3-dimethylbenzofurans 1 with dimethyl-dioxirane at low temperature is reported. These labile epoxides were spectroscopically characterized (1H and 13C NMR) at subambient temperatures. Epoxidation of benzofuran 1c affords a 31:69 mixture of epoxide 2c and quinone methide 3c, the latter presumably being produced by valence isomerization of the epoxide. On warming up above −10°C, the epoxides 2 suffer decomposition. Treatment of epoxide 21 with methanol yields the tautomeric mixture of adducts 4i and 4i′.
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