Hauser-Kraus Annulation

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General Characteristics

The synthesis of naphthalene hydroquinones from phthalide anions and α,β–undaturated carbonyl compounds through the Michael addition-then-Dieckmann condensation is known as the Hauser-Kraus annulation. It is used frequently to synthesize polyketide compounds.

Technically, the Hauser cyclization uses a sulfone group and the Kraus cyclization uses a cyano group at the benzylic position. The latter tends to be higher yielding because of the less steric hindrance.

When o-methyl benzoate esters are used instead of phthalides, the reaction is called the Staunton-Weinreb cyclization. Naphthols are the products in this case.

General References

Hauser, F. M.; Rhee, R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1977, 99, 4533. DOI: 10.1021/ja00455a069
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Evans, G. E.; Leeper, F. J.; Murphy, J. A.; Staunton, J. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1979, 205. DOI: 10.1039/C39790000205
Leeper, F. J.; Staunton, J. J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 1979, 206. DOI: 10.1039/C39790000206
Dodd, J. H.; Weinreb, S. M. Tetrahedron Lett. 1979, 20, 3593. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)95472-3

Mitchell, A. S.; Russell, R. A. Tetrahedron 1995, 51, 5207. doi:10.1016/0040-4020(95)00247-6
Mal, D.; Pahari, P. Chem. Rev. 2007, 107, 1892. DOI: 10.1021/cr068398q
Rathwell, K.; Brimble, M. A. Synthesis 2007, 643. DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965915
Karmakar, R.; Pahari, P.; Mal, D. Chem. Rev. 2014, 114, 6213. DOI: 10.1021/cr400524q
Donner, C. D. Tetrahedron 2013, 69, 3747. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2013.03.034

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The reaction of homophthalide.^[1]

Total synthesis of fused pentacyclic tetracyclin derivative.^[2]

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Tamura, Y.; Sasho, M.; Nakagawa, K.; Tsugoshi, T.; Kita, Y. J. Org. Chem. 1984, 49, 473. DOI: 10.1021/jo00177a017
Charest, M. G.; Lerner, C. D.; Brubaker, J. D.; Siegel, D.; Myers, A. G. Science 2005, 308, 395. DOI:10.1126/science.1109755