摘要:
Treatment of tungsten-eta(1)-4-(triethylsiloxy)propargyl and eta(1)-4-(tripropylsiloxy)propargyl compounds 8a-d and 9a-d with CF3CO2H in cold CH2Cl2 yielded a mixture of tungsten eta(1)-2,5-dihydrofurans 10a-d and eta(3)-syn-gamma-lactones 4a-d. The product ratios depend on the types of alkyl and siloxy substituents of the propargyl ligand; eta(1)-2,5-dihydrofurans 10a-d were formed in significant amount when the substituent is a secondary alkyl group. This cyclization pathway is in sharp contrast to our previous report that the dimethyl-tert-butylsiloxy group yielded only eta(3)-syn-gamma-lactones 4a-d. To validate this reaction on a complex system, we prepared the chiral tungsten-eta(1)-4-(triethylsiloxy)propargyl species 12b, which ultimately gave optically active tungsten eta(1)-2,5-dihydrofuran 13 in 68% yields. in connection with our previous report, we elaborated three types of cyclization reactions on chiral tungsten eta(1)-propargylic triols 12a-c, to afford chiral eta(1)-2,5-dihydrofurans and unsaturated gamma-and delta-lactones in reasonable yields.