Electrochemical dehydrogenative cyclization of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds
作者:Zheng-Jian Wu、Shi-Rui Li、Hao Long、Hai-Chao Xu
DOI:10.1039/c8cc02472c
日期:——
The intramolecular C(sp3)–H/C(sp2)–H cross-coupling of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds has been achieved through Cp2Fe-catalyzed electrochemical oxidation. The key to the success of these dehydrogenative cyclization reactions is the selective activation of the acidic α-C–H bond of the 1,3-dicarbonyl moiety to generate a carbon-centered radical.
The series of 3-monofunctionalized 2-oxindoles 2 were conveniently synthesized from reactions between anilide 1 and phenyliodine(III) diacetate (PIDA) through hypervalent iodine mediated C(sp(2))-C(sp(2)) bond formation followed by a subsequent deacylation reaction. This metal-free method, shown to provide direct access to an important oxindole intermediate, could be applied to the total synthesis of naturally occurring horsfiline.