Abstract
Catalytic intermolecular hydroalkylation of dienes with silyloxyfuran nucleophiles is reported. Reactions are catalyzed by 5 mol % of a (CDC)-Rh complex and proceed in up to 87% yield and 6:1 dr (syn/anti) to provide allylic butenolides bearing vicinal stereocenters. Reactions proceed with terminal aryl and alkyl dienes and with modified silyl enol ether nucleophiles including a thiophenone variant. Utility of the products is demonstrated in the synthesis of a polypropionate anti, syn-stereotriad.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 90-93 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 6 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support was provided by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society (52447-DNI1).
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