Selective intermolecular coupling of alkynes with nitriles and ketones was performed by the reaction of a mixture of alkynes and Cp(2)ZrEt(2) with nitriles and ketones, respectively. Hydrolysis of the mixture gave alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones and allylic alcohols in good to excellent yields, respectively. These reactions proceeded via zirconacyclopentenes which were prepared by the reaction of alkynes
A novel reaction of titanacyclopentenes and aldehydes with or without Lewis acids
作者:Qiaoshu Hu、Dongzhen Li、Huijun Zhang、Zhenfeng Xi
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.06.149
日期:2007.8
Oxatitanacyclopentenes were prepared in high yields from the reaction of aldehydes with titanacyclopenetens via substitution of ethylene. No insertion product was obtained in this reaction. The combination of alkynes and aldehydes played an important role in the successive formation of oxatitanacyclopentenes. Some oxatitanacyclopentenes are very stable and can be purified using column chromatography. The cooperation between Ti and LA led to very different results from that between Zr and LA. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.