Synlett 2017; 28(12): 1486-1490
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588769
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Intercepting the Nazarov Oxyallyl Intermediate with α-Formyl­vinyl Anion Equivalents to Access Formal Morita–Baylis–Hillman Alkylation Products

Yen-Ku Wu
,
Rongrong Lin
,
F. G. West*
Supported by: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (249822)
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Publication History

Received: 01 February 2017

Accepted after revision: 08 March 2017

Publication Date:
18 April 2017 (online)


Abstract

A Lewis acid catalyzed cationic domino reaction involving sequential electrocyclization and polar addition of allenol ethers onto the resulting oxyallyl species is described. The overall sequence allows a highly stereoselective synthesis of densely substituted cyclopentanoid compounds containing α-formylvinyl functionality which is formally equivalent to products of a Morita–Baylis–Hillman alkylation process.

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