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Favorskii reaction

Chemical reaction

Favorskii reaction

Chemical reaction

The Favorskii reaction is an organic chemistry reaction between an alkyne and a carbonyl group, under basic conditions. The reaction was discovered in the early 1900s by the Russian chemist Alexei Yevgrafovich Favorskii.

Favorskii reaction and the possible subsequent rearrangement

When the carbonyl is an aldehyde (R"=H), a rearrangement can occur to generate enone, although the secondary propargylic alcohol can be isolated in some cases. When this rearrangement is catalyzed by an acid, it is called Meyer–Schuster rearrangement. When the base is sodium metal the reaction is called Nef synthesis.

Reaction mechanism and scope

A metal acetylide is formed in situ when an alkyne is treated with a strong bases such as a hydroxide or an alkoxide:

  1. HC≡CH + KOH HC≡CK + H2O
  2. RR'C=O + HC≡CK RR'C(OK)C≡CH

The metal acetylide then reacts with an aldehyde or ketone to form a propargyl alcohol. When an α-hydrogen is present (as is the case when the carbonyl is an aldehyde), it will tautomerize to the corresponding enone.

The applicable substrates that undergo a Favorskii reaction are limited when compared to the conventional reaction because using an excess of hydroxide base introduces aldol condensation as a more significant competing side reaction. or 1,2-dimethoxyethane with a trace amount of ethanol. Additionally, LiOH fails to form the necessary adduct with alkynes to initiate the reaction.

Hydroxide bases are inexpensive relative to generating an alkoxide or acetylide with reagents such as elemental lithium, sodium, or potassium. Additionally, the stringent reaction conditions used by most alternatives, such as excluding moisture and atmospheric oxygen, are less important, making the reaction easier to perform.

Protecting group

This reaction is used to protect alkynes: the alkyne is either converted with acetone to a 2-hydroxyprop-2-yl-alkyne or a protected alkyne can be directly synthesized using the commercially available 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol as an alkyne source. The protective group can be removed by heating the compound in a solution of potassium hydroxide in propan-2-ol (a retro-Favorskii reaction).

References

References

  1. Favorsky, A.E.. (1905). "Action of potassium hydroxide on mixtures of ketones and phenylacetylene}}, {{cite journal". Zhurnal Russkago Fiziko-Khimicheskago Obshchestva.
  2. (October 2018). "Acetylene in Organic Synthesis: Recent Progress and New Uses". Molecules.
  3. (1969). "Chemistry of Acetylenes". Marcel Dekker, inc..
  4. (2013). "Synthesis of secondary propargyl alcohols from aromatic and heteroaromatic aldehydes and acetylene in the system KOH-H2O-DMSO". Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry.
  5. (1999). "Synthesis of Monodisperse Oligo(para-phenyleneethynylene)s Using Orthogonal Protecting Groups with Different Polarity for Terminal Acetylene Units". European Journal of Organic Chemistry.
  6. (2007). "Greene's Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis". John Wiley & Sons, Inc..
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