Synlett 2018; 29(15): 2023-2026
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610654
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation/Alkylation of Diazabicyclic Olefins with Aryl Ketones: Facile Synthesis of Functionalized Cyclopentenes

P. V. Santhini
a   Organic Chemistry Section, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Trivandrum 695019, India   Email: e-mail-radhu2005@gmail.com
b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi 110001, India
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Greeshma Gopalan
a   Organic Chemistry Section, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Trivandrum 695019, India   Email: e-mail-radhu2005@gmail.com
b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi 110001, India
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A. S. Smrithy
a   Organic Chemistry Section, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Trivandrum 695019, India   Email: e-mail-radhu2005@gmail.com
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a   Organic Chemistry Section, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Trivandrum 695019, India   Email: e-mail-radhu2005@gmail.com
b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi 110001, India
› Author Affiliations
S.P.V. thanks UGC for research fellowship. Financial assistance from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi (SR/S1/OC-24/2014) and from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (12th FYP project, ORIGIN-CSC-0108), New Delhi, is greatly acknowledged.
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Publication History

Received: 13 June 2018

Accepted after revision: 15 July 2018

Publication Date:
23 August 2018 (online)


Abstract

A facile synthesis of biologically important trans-functionalized cyclopentenes by a mild Rh(III)-catalyzed alkylation of strained ­diazabicyclic olefins with aryl ketones in the presence of ammonium ­acetate has been developed. The reaction proceeds through C–H bond activation of the aryl ketone groups by transforming them in to an ­autocleavable directing group, such as in situ-formed imine.

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