With deep respect and admiration, this paper is dedicated to Professor Victor Snieckus on the special occasion of his 80th birthday
A series of interesting 3-amido-dienynes was synthesized via tandem α-propargylation–isomerization of chiral allenamides with moderate E/Z ratio. Reactivities of E and Z isomers were examined.
Key words
allenamide - tandem - 3-amido-dienyne - propargylation - Diels–Alder reaction - Pauson–Khand reaction - electrocyclization