Ring size effects in the C2–C6 biradical cyclisation of enyne–allenes and the relevance for neocarzinostatin

Autor: Michael Maywald, Jens-Peter Steffen, Bernd Engels, Patrick W. Musch, Holger Helten, Michael Schmittel
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2. :1331-1339
ISSN: 1364-5471
1472-779X
Popis: The regioselectivity of the thermal cyclisations of enyne–allenes 1 can be toggled as a function of the ring size of the cycloalkene. With a cyclopentene as the ene moiety the Myers–Saito (C2–C7) cycloaromatisation product is formed, whereas with six- and seven-membered cycloalkenes the novel C2–C6 cyclisation is observed. DFT calculations are used to rationalise these changes. The implications of these findings for alternative thermal biradical cyclisations of neocarzinostatin are discussed.
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