Rhodium(III)-catalyzed synthesis of pyridines from α,β- unsaturated ketoximes and internal alkynes
A method for the synthesis of highly substituted pyri-dines from ,-unsaturated oximes and internal alkynes has been developed using [Cp*RhCl2]2-CsOPiv as the catalyst system. The present transformation is carried out by a redox-neutral sequence of vinylic C-H rhodation, alkyne insertion, and C-N bond formation of the putative vinyl rhodium intermediate with the oxime nitrogen, where the N-O bond of oxime derivatives could work as an internal oxidant to maintain the catalytic cycle. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York.