β-Cyclodextrin/IBX in water: highly facile biomimetic one pot deprotection of THP/MOM/Ac/Ts ethers and concomitant oxidative cleavage of chalcone epoxides and oxidative dehydrogenation of alcohols

Abstract

A mild and efficient one-pot deprotection of THP/MOM/Ac/Ts ethers, and concomitant oxidative cleavage of epoxides and oxidative dehydrogenation of alcohols to form β-hydroxy 1,2-diketones, 1,2,3-triketones and conjugated aromatic carbonyl systems (chalcones) using β-cyclodextrin/IBX in water has been developed. o-Iodoxybenzoic acid, a readily available hypervalent iodine(V) reagent, was found to be highly effective with β-cyclodextrin in carrying out the deprotection and subsequent transformations under an eco-friendly environment. The reaction gave moderate to excellent yields ranging from 50–99% at 60 °C in 40 min to 6 h.