Rhodium-mediated cyclopentane construction can compete with .beta.-hydride elimination: synthesis of (.+-.)-tochuinyl acetate
作者:Douglass F. Taber、Michael J. Hennessy、James P. Louey
DOI:10.1021/jo00028a011
日期:1992.1
Rhodium(II) carboxylate catalyzed C-H insertion to form a cyclopentane is shown to compete effectively with beta-hydride elimination, except when the beta-hydrogen is ternary. Cyclization of diazo ester 27 gives 28, which is converted in three steps to (+/-)-tochuinyl acetate 25. Both the cyclization to form 28 and the alkylation of 28 proceed with remarkable diastereoselectivity.