Formal [2+2+2] Cycloaddition Strategy Based on an Intramolecular Propargylic Ene Reaction/Diels-Alder Cycloaddition Cascade
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Robinson, Julia M.
Sakai, Takeo
Okano, Katsuhiko
Kitawaki, Takafumi
Danheiser, Rick Lane
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July 2010
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
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American Chemical Society
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Robinson, Julia M. et al. “Formal [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition Strategy Based on an Intramolecular Propargylic Ene Reaction/Diels−Alder Cycloaddition Cascade.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 132 (2010): 11039-11041. Web. 16 Dec. 2011. © 2011 American Chemical Society
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Abstract
A formal, metal-free, [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition strategy is described based on a cascade of two pericyclic processes. The first step involves an intramolecular propargylic ene reaction of a 1,6-diyne to generate a vinylallene, which then reacts in an inter- or intramolecular Diels−Alder reaction with an alkenyl or alkynyl dienophile. Reactions involving unsymmetrical alkenyl and alkynyl dienophiles proceed with good to excellent regioselectivity, and the diastereoselectivity in the Diels−Alder step is also high, with endo cycloadducts produced as the exclusive products of the reaction. In the case of alkynyl dienophiles, [4 + 2] cycloaddition initially generates an isotoluene-type intermediate that isomerizes to the isolated aromatic product upon exposure to a catalytic amount of DBU at room temperature. The mechanism of several earlier fully intramolecular related transformations have been shown to involve an analogous process rather than the diradical-mediated pathways proposed previously.
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https://doi.org/10.1021/ja1053829