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treated under the same condition, product 7c was obtained
in an excellent yield. When substrate 6c was treated with
PtCl2(PPh3)2 in refluxing xylene (150 °C) for four hours, the
spiro compound 8c was obtained in 73% yield. Unfortunate-
ly, substrates 6d and 6e, which contain a piperidin-1-yl
group, did not form the corresponding cyclopropane com-
pound; instead, the spiranes 8d and 8e were obtained in 51
and 73% yield, respectively. Interestingly, the OTBS group of
substrate 8d was not eliminated during the Pt-catalyzed
isomerization. The product 8e was formed in a high yield
on changing the solvent to hexane (Scheme 5).
In our proposed mechanism, intermediate A undergoes
[3+2] cycloaddition to the pendent double bond to form the
Pt–carbene complex B. The Pt–carbene complex B inserts
into the tertiary C–H bond to form the cyclopropane inter-
mediate 7, which then isomerizes to the corresponding spi-
rane 8 on heating or under PTSA-catalyzed conditions
(Scheme 6).9c,9f
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The Pt-catalyzed cycloisomerization of aromatic and N-
heterocyclic aldehydes substituted with a enynyl group at
the 2-position gave the corresponding spirocycles isolated
in high to excellent yields via cyclopropane intermediates.
This reaction is a valuable choice for the synthesis of certain
spirocyclic compounds.
Funding Information
Financial support was provided by a grant from the National Research
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Lee, S. M.; Yi, H. J.; Hong, C. S. Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 71. (d) Oh,
C. H.; Lee, S. M.; Hong, C. S. Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 1308. (e) Oh, C.
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Supporting information for this article (copies of 1H and 13C NMR
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References and Notes
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anhyd toluene (1.5 mL) at 0 °C under argon. The mixture was
stirred for 4 h in a preheated oil bath (120 °C). When the reac-
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