What can a metal catalyst do with allenes? One-step formation of steroid scaffolds from readily available starting materials

  • Shengming Ma*
  • , Ping Lu
  • , Lianghua Lu
  • , Hairong Hou
  • , Jiemin Wei
  • , Qiwen He
  • , Zhenhua Gu
  • , Xuefeng Jiang
  • , Xing Jin
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

(Chemical Equation Presented) The beauty and power of transition-metal- catalyzed reactions has been demonstrated by the one-step synthesis of steroid scaffolds from readily available allenes. The best results (57-73% yield) were obtained using trans-[RhCl(CO) (PPh3)2] as the catalyst in toluene (see scheme; E = CN, CO2Me, SO2Ph, Ts = toluene-4-sulfonyl).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5275-5278
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume44
Issue number33
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Aug 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Allenes
  • Cyclization
  • Homogeneous catalysis
  • Rhodium
  • Steroids

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