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Mercury(II)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Spiro[4.5]decatrienediones from Allenyl Ketones and Comparison with Silver(I)-, Palladium(II)- and Bronsted Acid-Catalyzed Reactions
Hashmi, A. Stephen K.,Schwarz, Lothar,Bats
, p. 40 - 51 (2000)
The allenyl p-methoxybenzyl ketone 3a and allenyl p-siloxybenzyl ketones 6b selectively delivered three different products with three different transition metal-catalysts. With Hg(II)-catalysts a spiro[4.5]decene 9, with Ag(I)-catalysts a 2-substituted furan (10/11) and with Pd(II)-catalysts a 2,4-disubstituted furan (8/12) was formed. Only with perchloric acid the intermolecular addition of water to the allene, leading to 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds 7, was observed. While with the corresponding allenyl o-methoxybenzyl ketone 3b the Ag(I)- and Pd(II)-catalysts provided the expected products, the mercury-catalyst led to a new and interesting side-product rac-17 which combined both the furan moiety and the spiro[4.5]decene moiety. Efforts to prepare allenyl hydroxybenzyl ketones failed, in one case a small amount of a 5H-benzo[b]oxepin-4-one 21 was isolated. It also was not possible to extend the spirocyclization to allenyl p-siloxyphenyl ketone 6a or allenyl 2-(p-siloxyphenyl)ethyl ketone 6c.
Studies on the Himbert intramolecular arene/allene diels-alder cycloaddition. Mechanistic studies and expansion of scope to all-carbon tethers
Schmidt, Yvonne,Lam, Jonathan K.,Pham, Hung V.,Houk,Vanderwal, Christopher D.
, p. 7339 - 7348 (2013/06/27)
The unusual intramolecular arene/allene cycloaddition described 30 years ago by Himbert permits rapid access to strained polycyclic compounds that offer great potential for the synthesis of complex scaffolds. To more fully understand the mechanism of this
