Abstract
Reactions of anti-psoriasis drug dithranol with 1-alkynyl Fischer carbene complexes (CO) 5M C(OEt)C CPh (M = Cr, W) were investigated under controlled conditions in which triethylamine-promoted C-addition, O-addition, electrophilic aromatic substitution, and cyclization consecutively occurred at up to five positions of dithranol. A remarkable solvent effect led to selective formation of polyphenolic organic and organometallic mono- and triscarbene complexes which were efficiently demetalated to the potentially bioactive aromatic polyketides with pyridine- N-oxide. All the organic and organometallic products were characterized by methods including X-ray single crystal structural determinations. These results have revealed the novel multiple reactivities of dithranol which might be associated to its clinical side effect, providing a new synthetic methodology to functionalize dithranol for medical purposes, and chemically synthesize aromatic polyketides.
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