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N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed annulation of α-cyano-1,4-diketones with ynals
Romanov-Michailidis, Fedor,Besnard, Celine,Alexakis, Alexandre
supporting information, p. 4906 - 4909,4 (2012/12/12)
In this paper, the first stereoselective annulation reaction between r-cyano-1,4-diketones and ynals, mediated by catalytic amounts of a triazolium salt precatalyst and cocatalytic amounts of a weak carboxylate base, is disclosed. The title transformation proceeds smoothly under mild reaction conditions and generates three contiguous stereogenic centers, one of which is a quaternary acetal carbon. This reaction tolerates a wide variety of electronically distinct substituents on both reaction partners and affords privileged bicyclic scaffolds in 61-90% isolated yields and with up to 20:1 diastereomeric preference.