New Convenient Synthesis of 8-C-Methylated Homoisoflavones and Analysis of Their Structure by NMR and Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Homoisoflavonoids are in the subclass of the larger family of flavonoids having one more alkyl carbon than flavonoids. Among them, 8-C-Methylated homoisoflavones have not been extensively studied for synthesis and biological evaluation. Author’s current objective is to synthesize 8-C-Methylated homoisoflavones by the reaction of 3-C-methylated dihydrochalcones with N,N’-dimethyl (chloromethylene) ammonium chloride generated in situ from DMF and PCl5 for one carbon extension at about room temperature. The 3-C-methylated dihydrochalcones were synthesized by the reduction of 3-C-methylated chalcones, which were prepared from 3-C-methylated acetophenones and aromatic aldehydes in the presence of base. All the synthesized novel homoisoflavones’s structures were characterized by NMR and Tandem Mass Spectrometry.