- A novel tandem [2 + 2] cycloaddition-Dieckmann condensation with ynolate anions. Efficient synthesis of substituted cycloalkenones and naphthalenes via formal [n + 1] cycloaddition
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A novel tandem [2 + 2] cycloaddition-Dieckmann condensation via ynolate anions is described. Ynolate anions are useful for the formation of reactive β-lactone enolates via a pathway not involving the enolization of the corresponding β-lactones. The [2 + 2] cycloaddition of ynolate anions with δ- or σ-keto esters, followed by Dieckmann condensation, gives bicyclic β-lactones, which are easily decarboxylated to produce synthetically useful 2,3-disubstituted cyclopentenones and cyclohexenones in one pot. This tandem reaction was applied to a novel, one-pot synthesis of highly substituted naphthalenes.
- Shindo,Sato,Shishido
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p. 7818 - 7824
(2007/10/03)
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- Reactions of carbonyl compounds in basic solutions. Part 21. The mechanisms of the alkaline hydrolysis of substituted methyl 2-(2-oxopropyl)- and 2-(2-oxo-2-phenylethyl)-benzoates and 2-(2-acetylphenyl)- and 2-(2-benzoylphenyl)-acetates
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Rate coefficients have been measured for the alkaline hydrolysis of methyl 2-[2-oxo-2-(3- or 4-substituted phenyl)ethyl]benzoates, 2-[2-(3- or 4-substituted benzoyl)phenyl]acetates,2-(2-oxopropyl) and 2-(1,1-dimethyl-2- oxopropyl)benzoates, 2-(2-acetylphenyl)acetate and 2-(2-acetylphenyl)-2,2- dimethylacetates in 70% (v/v) dioxane-water at 30.0 °C. Those for the six parent esters were also measured at 45.0 and 60.0 °C and the enthalpies and entropies of activation have been evaluated. The relative rates of hydrolysis, activation parameters and substituent effects have been used to demonstrate neighbouring participation by the keto-carbonyl groups in the alkaline hydrolysis of the esters under study. For comparable systems, participation by six-membered ring intermediates appears somewhat less advantageous than five-membered.
- Bowden, Keith,Byrne, Jane M.
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p. 2203 - 2206
(2007/10/03)
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- Asymmetric Synthesis of 4,4-Disubstituted 1-Naphthalenones. Diastereoselectivity as a Function of Metal Oxides
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Chiral tricyclic lactam (5) was sequentionally metalated (LDA or LDA/zirconocene halides) and alkylated to give quaternary alkylation products (8) in 6-54:1 diastereomeric ratio.Reduction and hydrolysis furnish the title compound in three steps with >99 p
- Wuensch, Thomas,Meyers, A. I.
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p. 4233 - 4235
(2007/10/02)
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