Construction of trisubstituted chromone skeletons carrying electron-withdrawing groups via PhIO-mediated dehydrogenation and its application to the synthesis of frutinone A

• Qiao Li,
• Chen Zhuang,
• Donghua Wang,
• Wei Zhang,
• Rongxuan Jia,
• Fengxia Sun,
• Yilin Zhang and
• Yunfei Du

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2958–2965, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.291

• biologically interesting chromone skeleton was realized by PhIO-mediated dehydrogenation of chromanones under mild conditions. Interestingly, this method also found application in the synthesis of the naturally occurring frutinone A. Keywords: chromanone; chromone; dehydrogenation; frutinone A; PhIO

• of the obtained chromone derivatives was their conversion to chromone-derived natural products. Frutinone A, isolated from the leaves and root bark of Polygala fruticosa, shows various biological activities, including antibacterial, antioxidant, and potent cytochrome P450 1A2 inhibition (CYP1A2, IC50

• = 5.3 nM) properties [90][91][92]. Treating the obtained chromene-3-carboxylate 2l with LiOH [93] led to the formation of the chromene-3-carboxylic acid G. Heating compound G overnight in the presence of AgNO3 and K2S2O8 afforded frutinone A in an isolated yield of 45% (Scheme 5). Conclusion In summary