Rh-Catalyzed rearrangement of vinylcyclopropane to 1,3-diene units attached to N-heterocycles

Autor: Franca M. Cordero, Carolina Vurchio, Stefano Cicchi, Armin de Meijere, Alberto Brandi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 298-303 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1860-5397
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.7.39
Popis: Dienes embedded in quinolizidine and indolizidine structures can be prepared in four steps from cyclic nitrones and bicyclopropylidene. The key intermediates α-spirocyclopropanated N-heterocyclic ketones, generated via a domino 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition/thermal rearrangement sequence, were converted by Wittig methylenation to the corresponding vinylcyclopropanes (VCPs), which underwent rearrangement to 1,3-dienes in the presence of the Wilkinson Rh(I) complex under microwave heating. The previously unexplored Rh(I)-catalyzed opening of the VCP moiety embedded in an azapolycyclic system occurs at high temperature (110–130 °C) to afford the corresponding 1,3-dienes in moderate yield (34–53%).
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