Exclusive ring opening of gem-dihalo-1,2-cyclopropanated oxyglycal to oxepines in AgOAc

•Ring-opening of gem-dihalo-1,2-cyclopropanated oxyglycals to chloro-oxepines is reported.•AgOAc mediated ring opening leads to formation of chloro-oxepines, exclusively.•Isomerization of C2–C3 double bond to C1–C2 is the key for rearrangement in halo-oxepines.•Oxy-substituent at C-3 generates more substituted C2–C3 double bond.•The more substituted C2–C3 double bond prevents further rearrangement.

Treatment of gem-dihalo-1,2-cyclopropanated d-oxyglycal with primary, secondary, and unsaturated alcohols, in the presence of AgOAc, leads to the formation of chloro-oxepines exclusively. Reaction of the resulting 2-chloro-oxepines with excess alcohol in the presence of AgOAc, do not promote further reactions. This result is in contrast to the reactions of d-glucal derived halo-oxepine with alcohols known previously that lead to the formation of furanoses as the major product under similar reaction conditions. Observation of this study consolidates the reactivity differences of gem-dihalo-1,2-cyclopropanated oxyglycals, as compared to gem-dihalo-1,2-cyclopropanated glycals.

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