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A simple method for the preparation of industrially important alkyl aryl ethers is reported. Several phenolic compounds such as phenols, naphthols, and hydroxy coumarins were O-methylated with trimethyl phosphite or trimethyl phosphate under microwave irradiation and solvent-free condition in almost quantitative yields. Reaction of 2-naphthol with trimethyl phosphate gave mixture of 2-methoxynaphthalene and 1-methyl-2-methoxynaphthalene while the reaction with trimethyl phosphite gave mostly 2-methoxynaphthalene. This method is highly efficient for the methylating of phenolic compounds with very easy experimental procedure and environmental friendly conditions  

A new route to the soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) activator YC-1 and its N2 regioisomer has been established with a Mitsunobu mediated N-alkylation as the key step. The route is utilised in the synthesis of a potential photoaffinity label  

Allyl, crotyl, methallyl and cinamyl ethers of 4-hydroxy-, 7-hydroxy-, and 4-methyl-7-hydroxycoumarins have been efficiently synthesized and rearranged to substituted allylcoumarins under microwave irradiation. Irradiation of allylcoumarins in the presence of BF3/ether directly produced substituted dihydrofurocoumarins in good yields  

Under solvent-free reaction conditions and in the presence of solid LiClO 4 a novel and mild protocol for the one-pot, three-component synthesis of primary α-amino phosphonates from an aldehyde, hexamethyldisilazane and a trialkyl phosphite is described giving high yields and having short reaction times. The same products are obtained in very low yields, when the three-component reaction is carried out under microwave irradiation and in the absence of solid LiClO 4. Examples of some prepared 1-aryl-N,N′-bis(arylidene)methanediamines are also described. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved