Nickel-Promoted Carboxylation/Cyclization Cascade of Allenyl Aldehyde under an Atmosphere of CO₂

Abstract

In the presence of a stoichiometric amount of Ni(0) complex, allenyl aldehydes smoothly reacted with carbon dioxide at an ambient temperature and pressure in a regioselective manner. The reaction involves an intramolecular cyclization of aldehyde and ­allene moieties to afford cyclic carboxylic acid derivatives having a hydroxyl group.

Key words

allenes - aldehydes - carboxylic acid - cyclization - nickel

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Present address: Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.

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Oxidation of the mixture of trans- and cis-3a afforded the corresponding ketone as the sole product in high yield.