Synthetic Photochemistry. XXVIII. A Photochemical C5-Homologation of 4-Isopropenyltoluene with Methyl 2,4-Dioxopentanoate to Isolaurene and a Formal Synthesis of Cuparene
The straightforward synthesis of isochromene derivatives and related cyclic ethers is achieved by the rhodium-catalyzedoxidativecoupling of α,α-disubstituted benzyl and allyl alcohols with alkynes. The hydroxy groups effectively act as the key function for the regioselective C–H bond cleavage.
main group elements from cross-coupling reactions have been shown to serve as Lewisacids, mediating further reactions of organic coupling products. Thus, the nickel-catalysed olefination of benzylic dithioacetal with MeMgI in benzene in a sealed Schlenk tube at 130 °C generates magnesium mercaptide which regioselectively converts 2-arylpropene into a dimer in good yield. Aryl iodide reacts with 2-propenylmagnesium
Synthetic Photochemistry. XXVIII. A Photochemical C<sub>5</sub>-Homologation of 4-Isopropenyltoluene with Methyl 2,4-Dioxopentanoate to Isolaurene and a Formal Synthesis of Cuparene
作者:Hitoshi Takeshita、Akira Mori、Satoshi Nakamura
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.57.3152
日期:1984.11
Starting from the photocycloaddition of methyl 2,4-dioxopentanoate with 4-isopropenyltoluene, isolaurene was synthesized, and its further conversion to 5-cuparenone constituted the formal synthesis of cuparene. For the first time, the proto-(2+2)π cycloadduct, a β-keto cyclobutanol derivative, has been isolated from the product mixture.
The dicationic diruthenium complex 1c (Ru-III-Ru-III) catalytically promotes the dimerization of alpha-methylstyrenes into the corresponding acyclic dimers, while the use of the mixed-valence diruthenium complex (Ru-III-Ru-IV) generated from 1c and cinnamyl chloride as an active catalyst affords the corresponding indanes via cyclization of the acyclic dimers. The selectivity of the catalytic dimerization of alpha-methylstyrenes depends on the nature of electrophilicity due to valence electrons in the diruthenium cores between Ru-III-Ru-III and Ru-III-Ru-IV.