Brook Rearrangement as a Trigger for the Ring Opening of Strained Carbocycles

Fa-Guang Zhang, Guillaume Eppe, Ilan Marek

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Abstract

The combined regio- and stereoselective carbometalation of cyclopropenyl amides, followed by the addition of an acyl silane, led to the formation of polysubstituted cyclopropyl derivatives as unique diastereoisomers. Upon warming of the reaction mixture to room temperature, a Brook rearrangement proceeded with inversion of configuration to provide ready access to δ-ketoamides possessing a quaternary carbon center with high enantiomeric ratios through selective C-C bond cleavage of the ring.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)714-718
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume55
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Jan 2016

Keywords

  • Brook rearrangement
  • one-pot reactions
  • quaternary carbon centers
  • strained molecules
  • synthetic methods

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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