Synthesis of some novel chloro-/aryl-substituted-5,5-dimethyl-2-cyclohexenones

Abstract

Two novel structural isomers: the dihalo-5,5-dimethyl-2-cyclohexenones were synthesized. Regioselective Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reaction of the isomers with nine different aryl boronic acids afforded eighteen novel compounds: the 2-aryl-3-chloro-5,5-dimethyl-2-cyclohexenones and the 3-aryl-2-chloro-5,5-dimethyl-2-cyclohexenones in 90–95% yields, which were characterized spectroscopically by IR, NMR and MS. The single crystal X-Ray diffraction ORTEP views of four representative compounds unambiguously confirm the formation of substituted cyclohexenones.