Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclopropanation of Dienynes

Autor: Antonio M. Echavarren, Cristina Nieto-Oberhuber, Eloisa Jimenez‐Nunez, Diego J. Cárdenas, Salomé López, M. Paz Muñoz, Elena Buñuel
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Chemistry - A European Journal. 12:1694-1702
ISSN: 1521-3765
0947-6539
Popis: Gold(I) complexes are the most active catalysts for the biscyclopropanation of dienynes to form tetracyclic compounds. PtII and ZnII are also able to promote the biscyclopropanation, although less efficiently. The configurations obtained in all cases with the use of gold(I) catalysts can be explained by the pathway proceeding through anti cyclopropyl gold carbenes. Similar intermediates are most probably involved in reactions catalyzed by RuII and PtII. Two different cyclopropanation pathways have been found; they depend on the structures of the cyclopropyl gold carbenes (anti or syn) and the relative arrangements of the metal carbenes and the alkenes.
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