Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidative Transformation of Allylic Alcohols and Vinyl Ethers into 2-Alkoxytetrahydrofurans: Catechol as an Activator of Catalyst

Autor: Koichi Koga, Takahiro Hosokawa, Yasufumi Kawamura, Kimi Minami
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Organic Letters. 7:5689-5692
ISSN: 1523-7052
1523-7060
DOI: 10.1021/ol052377l
Popis: [chemical reaction: see text]. A highly effective synthesis of 2-alkoxytetrahydrofurans from allylic alcohols and vinyl ethers was achieved by using catalytic amounts of Pd(OAc)2, Cu(OAc)2, and catechol (1:1:2) under O2. The use of catechol as an activator of Pd(II)-Cu(II) catalyst has been unprecedented. The 2-alkoxytetrahydrofurans are formed via oxypalladation of allylic alcohols toward vinyl ethers followed by 5-exo cyclization of the resulting oxypalladation intermediate and subsequent beta-Pd-H elimination. No 6-endo cyclization of the oxypalladation intermediate occurs.
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