Experiment Science and Technology, Volume. 22, Issue 2, 120(2024)

Experimental Design for the Room-temperature Synthesis of 4-bromochalcone Using Retro-synthetic Analysis and Pure Organic Catalysis

Shengqiang LIAO, Xiaoqi YANG, Ji ZENG, Shuling LAN, and Lianqing CHEN*
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  • Catalytic conversion of Energy and Materials Chemistry Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education,South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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    Taking 4-bromochalcone as the target molecule, through the retrosynthetic analysis, the synthesis routes containing 5 Nobel Prize achievements were analyzed from 6 routes. Through comparison, the 2021 Nobel Prize achievement “Pure Organic Catalysis” was finally selected to synthesize 4-bromochalcone at room temperature. A new reagent L-proline was used as a catalyst to synthesize 4-bromochalcone by the aldol condensation of p-bromobenzaldehyde and acetophenone at room temperature. A series of orthogonal experiments were carried out to optimize the reaction conditions. The reaction has the advantages of low cost of raw materials and mild reaction conditions. Through simple reaction, a number of Nobel Prize achievements and pure organic catalysis are introduced into experimental teaching, avoiding “prescribed medicine” teaching, keeping close to the frontier of science, and deepening the study of organic synthesis, which is conducive to cultivating students’ innovative consciousness.

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    Shengqiang LIAO, Xiaoqi YANG, Ji ZENG, Shuling LAN, Lianqing CHEN. Experimental Design for the Room-temperature Synthesis of 4-bromochalcone Using Retro-synthetic Analysis and Pure Organic Catalysis[J]. Experiment Science and Technology, 2024, 22(2): 120

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    Received: Sep. 27, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: May. 21, 2024

    The Author Email: Lianqing CHEN (陈连清)

    DOI:10.12179/1672-4550.20220575

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