Issue in Honor of Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman ARKIVOC 2007 (vii) 254-264 (1S, 2R, 5S)-2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexyl phenyl ether (2j).28 Colorless oil; IR (ATR, cm-1) 2954, 2924, 2869, 1597, 1587, 1492, 1240, 1013, 750, 690; 1H NMR (270 MHz, CDCl3) d = 7.30-7.24 (m, 2H), 6.93-6.88 (m, 3H), 4.07-3.98 (m, 1H), 2.28-2.12 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.68 (m, 2H), 1.56-1.38 (m, 2H), 1.13-0.90 (m, 9H), 0.77 (d, J = 6.2 Hz, 3H); 13C NMR (68 MHz, CDCl3) d = 158.3, 129.4, 120.3, 115.8, 77.5, 48.2, 40.5, 34.7, 31.5, 26.2, 23.9, 22.2, 20.9, 16.7; HRMS (EI positive) Calcd for C16H24O: [M+H]+ 232.1827. Found: m/z 232.1825. Phenyl 3-phenylpropyl ether (2k).7 Colorless oil; IR (ATR, cm-1) 2942, 1599, 1587, 1495, 1470, 1242, 1037, 747, 691; 1H NMR (270 MHz, CDCl3) d = 7.32-7.16 (m, 7H), 6.96-6.87 (m, 3H), 3.96 (t, J = 6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.81 (t, J = 7.3 Hz, 2H), 2.16-2.05 (m, 2H); 13C NMR (68 MHz, CDCl3) d = 158.9, 141.4, 129.3, 128.4, 128.3, 125.8, 120.5, 114.5, 66.8, 32.2, 30.9. Acknowledgements This study was supported in part by the Grant of the 21st Century COE Program from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan. We thank Dr. Hirokazu Ohsawa and Dr. Tatsuji Nakamura, Analytical group in Banyu pharmaceutical company, for high resolution mass spectrometry analysis. References 1. Ulmann, F. Ber. 1904, 37, 853. 2. (a) Ley, S. V.; Thomas, A. W. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 5400. (b) Lindley, J. Tetrahedron 1984, 40, 1433. (c) Finet, J.-P.; Fedorov, A. Y.; Combs, S.; Boyer, G. Curr. Org. Chem. 2002, 6, 597. 3. Wolter, M.; Nordmann, G.; Job, G. E.; Buchwald, S. L. Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 973. 4. Hartwig, J. F. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 1998, 37, 2046. 5. Muci, A. R.; Buchwald, S. L. Topics in Current Chemistry 2002, 209, 133. 6. (a) Vorogushn, A. V.; Huang, X. A.; Buchwald, S. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8146. (b) Kataoka, N.; Shelby, Q.; Stambuli, J. P.; Hartwig, J. F. J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 5553. 7. Quach, T. D.; Batey, R. A. Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 1381. 8. (a) Chan, D. M. T.; Monaco, K. L.; Wang, R.-P.; Winters, M. P. Tetrahedron Lett. 1998, 39, 2933. (b) Evans, D. A.; Katz, J. L.; West, T. R. Tetrahedron Lett. 1998, 39, 2937. 9. (a) Finet, J.-P. Chem. Rev. 1989, 89, 1487. (b) Elliott, G. I.; Konopelski, J. P.; Tetrahedron 2001, 57, 5683. 10. Barton, D. H. R.; Finet, J. -P.; Motherwell, W. B.; Pichon, C. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin. Trans. 1 1987, 251. 11. Fedorov, A. Y.; Finet, J.-P. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 2000, 3775; Fedorov, A.; Combes, S.; Finet, J.-P. Tetrahedron 1999, 55, 1341; Combes, S.; Finet, J.-P. Tetrahedron 1999, 55, ISSN 1424-6376 Page 263 ©ARKAT USA, Inc.
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