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Scheme 4. Possible Conformational States for Tandem
1,3-Migration/[2 + 2] Cycloaddition of 1 Catalyzed by A
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In summary, we have demonstrated gold(I)-catalyzed tandem 1,3-
migration/[2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,7-enyne benzoates to be a
regioselective and stereoconvergent strategy for the construction of
highly functionalized azabicyclo[4.2.0]oct-5-enes. The reaction has
been shown to tolerate a diverse set of 1,7-enyne substrates and
furnish stereochemically well-defined cyclobutane-fused piperidines
for applications in natural product synthesis and as versatile privileged
scaffolds in medicinal chemistry. Our studies suggest that when allene
activation is not possible in 1,n-enyne cycloisomerizations involving a
1,3-migration step, the gold catalyst preferentially coordinates to the
alkene moiety. This results in bicyclic ring formation via a [2 + 2]
cycloaddition pathway, which is not typically favored in 1,n-enyne
cycloisomerizations. Efforts to study this mechanistic dichotomy
further and explore the scope and synthetic applications of the present
reaction are in progress and will be reported in due course.
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Supporting Information (SI) for details.
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Supporting Information. Experimental procedures, char-
b
(11) See Figures S104ÀS113 in the SI for ORTEP drawings of the
acterization data, crystal structure data (CIF), and complete ref 5c
and 9a. This material is available free of charge via the Internet at
crystal structures reported in this work.
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’ ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This work was supported by a University Research Committee
Grant (RG55/06) from Nanyang Technological University and a
Science and Engineering Research Council Grant (092 101 0053)
from A*STAR, Singapore.
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containing a AuÀC(sp3) bond that participates in a nucleophilic
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