Metal-Catalyzed [2+2+1] Cycloadditions of 1,3-Dienes, Allenes, and CO

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Mitchell Croatt, Assistant Professor (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
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Abstract: Step economy is a preeminent goal of synthesis.[1] It influences the length, efficiency, cost, time, separation, and environmental impact of a synthesis. Step economy is favored by the use of single, serial, or multicomponent reactions that proceed in one operation with a great increase in target revelant complexity. The design or discovery of such reactions is thus critical to extending the practical reach of organic synthesis. Toward this end, we have directed effort at the identification of new metal-catalyzed reactions, especially those which are forbidden or difficult to achieve in the absence of a catalyst. This program has thus far produced several new two-, three-, and four-component reactions, including [4+4],[2] [4+2],[3] [5+2],[4] [6+2],[5] [5+2+1],[6] [2+2+1],[7] [4+2+1],[7a] and [5+1+2+1][8] cycloadditions. Herein, we report the first examples of the [2+2+1] cycloaddition reaction of diene– allenes and CO and preliminary examples of acceleration of this process by Brønsted acids.

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Publication
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) 2006, 45, 2459-2462.
Language: English
Date: 2006
Keywords
Allenes, Cycloaddition, Dienes, Pauson–Khand reaction, Rhodium

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