Selectivity control in lewis acid catalyzed regiodivergent tandem cationic cyclization/ring expansion terminated by pinacol rearrangement

  • Lu Liu
  • , Junliang Zhang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Catalyst is key: The title reaction sequence has been carried out on 1 in the presence of AgSbF6 (5 mol %) in DCE or In(OTf)3 (5 mol %) with MeOH (4 equiv) to afford 2 or 3, respectively, in up to >20:1 ratio (see scheme; DCE=1,2-dichloroethane, Tf=trifluoromethanesulfonyl).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6093-6096
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume48
Issue number33
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Keywords

  • Cyclization
  • Domino reactions
  • Lewis acids
  • Pinacol rearrangement
  • Regioselectivity

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