Regio- and Stereospecific Hydrative Cloke-Wilson Rearrangement

Haoran Wang, Sunewang R. Wang

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Abstract

The Cloke-Wilson rearrangement of unsymmetrical β-diketone-derived cyclopropanes inevitably yields a mixture of two 4-acylated 2,3-dihydrofuran regiomers. By using alkynes as masked acyls, Tf2NH-promoted Cloke-Wilson rearrangement of polysubstituted 1-(1-alkynyl)cyclopropyl ketones followed by alkyne hydration is described, regioselectively affording 2,3-dihydrofurans bearing 4-acyls nonequivalent to that involved in the Cloke-Wilson rearrangement. The 2,3-dihydrofuran rings with cis 2,3-diaryls are unexpectedly more stable than their trans diastereomers under the reaction conditions, guaranteeing the regiospecificity of this hydrative Cloke-Wilson rearrangement with high fidelity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8356-8360
Number of pages5
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume25
Issue number46
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Nov 2023

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