Name: Efficient Synthesis of Polyfunctionalized Benzenes in Water via Persulfate-promoted Benzannulation of α,β-Unsaturated Compounds and Alkynes (Video) | JoVE Journal
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Description: Learn a metal-free benzannulation method for synthesizing polyfunctionalized benzenes using persulfate in water. This sustainable technique enables easy product isolation for green organic chemistry applications.

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We thank Funda&#231;&#227;o de Amparo &#224; Pesquisa do Estado de S&#227;o Paulo (FAPESP, S&#227;o Paulo, Brazil) for financial support (Grant FAPESP 2017/18400-6). This study was financed in part by the Coordena&#231;&#227;o de Aperfei&#231;oamento de Pessoal de N&#237;vel Superior &#8211; Brasil (CAPES) &#8211; Finance Code 001.

CAUTION: Consult Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) prior to the use of the chemicals in this procedure. Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), including safety glasses, a lab coat, and nitrile gloves as several reagents and solvents are toxic, corrosive, or flammable. Carry out all reactions in a fume hood. Liquids used in this protocol are micropipette transferred.
1. Benzannulation reaction employing alkynes and &#945;,&#946;-unsaturated compounds
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	<li>Add 2.0 mL of distilled water to a 15 mL-test tube (1 cm diameter) containing a stir bar. Sequentially, add phenylacetylene (220 &#956;L, 2.00 mmol, 2.0 equiv.), 2-cyclohexen-1-one (96.8 &#956;L, 1.00 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) and ammonium persulfate (1.5 mL of a freshly prepared aqueous solution 1.3 M, 2.00 mmol, 2 equiv.).</li>
	<li>Cap the tube using a rubber septum and insert a needle in it to avoid eventual pressure buildup during the heating.</li>
	<li>Place the tube in an aluminum heating block on a hotplate and heat it at 85 &#176;C under vigorous stirring (1150 rpm) for 8 h.</li>
	<li>To follow the progress of the reaction, take a 50 &#956;L-aliquot of the reaction medium and transfer it to a 1.5 mL-conical vial. Add 50 &#956;L of ethyl acetate to the vial and shake it. Collect the organic top layer with a capillary tube and analyze it by TLC. 
	NOTE: Reaction progress is checked by TLC comparing the disappearance of the &#945;,&#946;-unsaturated compound spot to the appearance of the product under the UV light (254 nm). TLC analysis is performed with silica-coated glass plates and developed with 92:8 hexanes/ethyl acetate. Rf values: phenylacetylene = 0.68; 2-cyclohexen-1-one = 0.23; product 3e = 0.26. 
	CAUTION: Phenylacetylene and 2-cyclohexen-1-one are flammable, acutely toxic and mild irritants. Ammonium persulfate is corrosive and may irritate the mucous membranes.</li>
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2. Extraction workup and purification
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	<li>Cool the reaction mixture to room temperature and add ethyl acetate (1 mL) to the test tube. Stir the suspension for ca. 1 min and then centrifuge the suspension at 2,336 &#215; g at room temperature for 1 min. Remove the organic top layer using a Pasteur pipette and transfer it to a round bottom flask. Repeat this step twice. 
	NOTE: The centrifugation step avoids the use of drying agents and readily breaks any eventual emulsion.</li>
	<li>Concentrate the solution under reduced pressure using a rotary evaporator to obtain a crude oil.</li>
	<li>Add 55 mL of a mixture of hexanes/ethyl acetate at the ratio of 92:8 into a Becker containing 7.5 g of SiO2 (pore size 60 &#197;, 35-70 &#956;m particle size, for flash chromatography). Stir the flask to obtain a homogeneous slurry. Transfer the slurry to a column (40 mm internal diameter) and pack the column eluting the solvent. If necessary, elute once again to remove any bubbles from the stationary phase.</li>
	<li>Dissolve the crude oil in a minimal amount of ethyl acetate, and then transfer this solution to the column. Using the same 55 mL of a mixture 92:8 hexanes/ethyl acetate, elute the material, collecting the column effluent in test tubes and following by TLC to obtain the desired pure product.</li>
	<li>Concentrate the solution under reduced pressure on a rotary evaporator and remove the final volatiles under high vacuum for at least 1 h. Analyze a sample of the purified product by 1H and 13C NMR using CDCl3. 
	CAUTION: Ethyl acetate and hexanes are flammable. SiO2 powder is a respiratory irritant.</li>
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The authors have nothing to disclose.

The method reported herein was designed to be a very simple and mild experimental setup for the synthesis of polyfunctionalized benzenes in water15. Under our conditions we could observe excellent yields for the products through the use of ammonium persulfate. A freshly prepared persulfate aqueous solution should be used; however, solid ammonium persulfate can also be employed with no loss in yield. Attention to the temperature of the reaction medium is mandatory. An increase in 10 &#176;C beyond ...

Functionalized benzenes are arguably the most employed precursors in synthetic organic chemistry1,2. They figure in the mainstream of pharmaceuticals, natural products and functional organic materials. Powerful approaches have been reported for the construction of polysubstituted benzene derivatives and among them, well-established methods as aromatic nucleophilic or electrophilic substitution3, cross-coupling reactions4 and directed metalation5 are prevalent approaches. Nevertheless, the widespread application of these strategies may be hampered by limited substrate scope, overreaction and regioselectivity issues.
Tandem cyclization reactions represent a very attractive alternative to classical methods for rapid construction of functionalized benzenes in an atom-economical fashion6,7,8. Within this framework, benzannulation reactions represent a suitable protocol to effectively transform acyclic building blocks into valuable benzene skeletons. This class of reaction is a versatile methodology featuring a variety of chemical feedstocks, mechanisms and experimental conditions9,10,11.
The objective of our study is to develop a simple and practical protocol for a benzannulation reaction to generate unprecedented functionalized benzene rings. Toward this end, we set out to explore a metal-free, persulfate mediated benzannulation in water employing cheap chemical feedstocks (&#945;,&#946;-unsaturated compounds and alkynes).
Several advantages over methods reported in the literature can be pointed out. Metal-free transformations have all necessary attributes to meet the requirement of sustainable development. Just to mention few, there is no need for costly and challenging removal of metal trace amounts from the desired products; the reactions are less sensitive to oxygen and moisture making its manipulation easier and the overall process is normally less expensive12. Persulfate salts are stable, easy to handle and generate only sulphate as the byproduct, thus adding momentum to the green chemistry initiative to minimize waste pollution13. Water is considered a suitable green solvent for organic reactions: it is non-toxic, non-flammable, has a very low odor and is available at a low cost. Even water-insoluble organic compounds can be employed using "on water"14 aqueous suspensions and these straightforward synthetic protocols have been gaining increasing attention during the years.
Our optimized reaction conditions and simple workup/purification procedure provide access to several functionalized benzene rings that offer a wealth of opportunities for further functionalization.

<table><tbody><tr><td>Ammonium persulfate</td><td>Vetec</td><td>276</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chloroform-D, (D, 99.8%)</td><td>Sigma Aldrich</td><td>570699-50G</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2-cyclohexen-1-one &gt;95%</td><td>Sigma Aldrich</td><td>C102814-25ML</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ethyl Acetate, 99.9%</td><td>Synth</td><td>01A1010.01.BJ</td><td>ACS</td></tr><tr><td>Hexanes, 98.5%</td><td>Synth</td><td>01H1007.01.BJ</td><td>ACS</td></tr><tr><td>Phenylacetylene 98%</td><td>Sigma Aldrich</td><td>117706-25ML</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Silica Gel (SiO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;)</td><td>Fluka</td><td>60738-5KG</td><td>pore size 60 &amp;Aring;, 35-70 &amp;mu;m particle size</td></tr><tr><td>Thin-layer chromatography plates</td><td>Macherey-Nagel</td><td>818333</td><td>0.20 mm silica gel 60 with fluorescent indicator UV254</td></tr></tbody></table>

efficient synthesis of polyfunctionalized benzenes in water via persulfate-promoted benzannulation of &#945;,&#946;-unsaturated compounds and alkynes

Efficient Synthesis of Polyfunctionalized Benzenes in Water via Persulfate-promoted Benzannulation of &#945;,&#946;-Unsaturated Compounds and Alkynes

Benzannulation reactions represent an effective protocol to transform acyclic building blocks into structurally varied benzene skeletons. Despite classical and recent approaches toward functionalized benzenes, in water metal-free methods remains a challenge and represents an opportunity to expand even more the set of tools used to synthesize polysubstituted benzene compounds. This protocol describes an operationally simple experimental setup to explore the benzannulation of &#945;,&#946;-unsaturated compounds and alkynes to afford unprecedented functionalized benzene rings in high yields. Ammonium persulfate is the reagent of choice and brings notable advantages as stability and easy handling. Moreover, the use of water as a solvent and the absence of metals impart more sustainability to the method. A modified workup procedure that avoids the use of drying agents also adds convenience to the protocol. The purification of the products is performed using only a plug of silica. The substrate scope is currently limited to terminal alkynes and &#945;,&#946;-unsaturated aliphatic compounds.

Polysubstituted benzene (3b, Figure 1) was isolated as a colorless oil (0.2741 g, 0.920 mmol, 92% yield) using our protocol. The structure and purity can be assessed in the 1H and 13C NMR spectra presented in Figure 2 and Figure 3. Peaks for the aromatic protons on the central benzene ring (δ 8.37 and δ 7.72 ppm) were used as diagnostic signals for the formation of the product.
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A persulfate-promoted metal-free benzannulation of &#945;,&#946;-unsaturated compounds and alkynes in water toward the synthesis of unprecedented polyfunctionalized benzenes is reported.

Benzannulation reactions represent an effective protocol to transform acyclic building blocks into structurally varied benzene skeletons. Despite ...

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