Allyl nitroacetates undergo decarboxylative allylation to provide tertiary nitroalkanes in high yield. Moreover, the transformations are complete within several minutes under ambient conditions. High yields result because aallylation of the intermediate nitronates, which is typically problematic, is reversible under conditions of the decarboxylative allylation process. Lastly, the preparation of substrate allyl nitroacetates by tandem Knoevenagel/ Diels-Alder sequences allows the facile synthesis of relatively complex substrates that undergo diastereoselective decarboxylative allylation.
Intercepted decarboxylative allylations of nitroalkanoates
作者:Meghan Schmitt、Alexander J. Grenning、Jon A. Tunge
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.05.138
日期:2012.8
Using palladium-catalyzed decarboxylation, several cascade reactions of allyl and prenyl nitroalkanoates that lead to nitro-containing chemical building blocks are described. A nitronate Michael addition/Tsuji–Trost allylation cascade was developed, leading to functionally dense chemical building blocks. Likewise, a Tsuji–Trost/decarboxylative protonation sequence was developed for the synthesis of