Synthesis of 4,6-Dimethyldibenzothiophene and 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene via Tilak Annulation

✍ Scribed by Xiaoying Xu; Xiang Li; Anjie Wang; Yinyong Sun; W. Bernd Schweizer; Roel Prins

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 270 KB
• Volume: 94
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0018-019X
• DOI: 10.1002/hlca.201100191

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

1,2,3,4‐Tetrahydro‐4,6‐dimethyldibenzothiophene was prepared by coupling 2‐bromo‐3‐methylcyclohexanone with 2‐methylbenzenethiol and annulating the product with the aid of polyphosphoric acid. A mixture of 1,2,3,4‐tetrahydro‐4,6‐dimethyldibenzothiophene and 4,6‐dimethyldibenzothiophene was prepared by coupling 2‐bromo‐3‐methylcyclohex‐2‐en‐1‐one with 2‐methylbenzenethiol and annulating the product with the aid of polyphosphoric acid. 2‐Bromo‐3‐methylcyclohexanone was synthesized by conjugate addition of Me~3~Al to 2‐bromocyclohex‐2‐en‐1‐one with CuBr as catalyst and 2‐bromo‐3‐methylcyclohex‐2‐en‐1‐one by brominationelimination of 3‐methylcyclohex‐2‐en‐1‐one. 1,2,3,4,4a,9b‐Hexahydro‐4,6‐dimethyldibenzothiophene was prepared by reduction of 1,2,3,4‐tetrahydro‐4,6‐dimethyldibenzothiophene with Zn and CF~3~COOH.