Synthesis 2011(17): 2751-2753  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260161
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Triple Mukaiyama-Michael Cascade toward a Tricyclic Framework

Dina Shpasser, Moshe Kapon, Mark Botoshansky, Moris S. Eisen*
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry and Institute of Catalysis Science and Technology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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Publication History

Received 28 April 2011
Publication Date:
05 August 2011 (online)

Abstract

The intermolecular Mukaiyama-Michael addition between stoichiometric amounts of a bisketene acetal and methyl vinyl ketone is rapidly followed by a double cascade intramolecular Mukaiyama-Michael addition to form a fused tricyclic compound containing four-, five- and six-membered rings embellished with several functionalities.

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Mackay, S.; Gilmore, C. J.; Edwards, C.; Tremayne, M.; Stuart, N.; Shankland, K. maXus: A Computer Program for the Solution and Refinement of Crystal Structures from Diffraction Data; University of Glasgow: Glasgow/Nonius BV: Delft/MacScience Co. Ltd.: Yokohama, 1998.

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Crystallographic data for the structure 6 have been deposited with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre as supplementary publication number CCDC 821687. Copies of the data can be obtained, free of charge, on application to CCDC, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK; Fax: +44(1223)336033; E-mail: deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk.