374782-78-2Relevant articles and documents
Copper-catalyzed cyclization-fragmentations of enynols
Fehr, Charles,Vuagnoux, Magali,Sommer, Horst
experimental part, p. 3832 - 3836 (2011/06/10)
Pt and Au are going out of fashion: The [Cu(CH3CN) 4][BF4] species effectively catalyzes the cyclization-fragmentation of 5-en-1-yn-3-ols. The reactivity of 6-en-1-yn-4-ols greatly depends on the catalyst used (see scheme). An unusual fragmentation and metathesis reactions of 6-en-1-yn-4-ols have also been detected.
An enantiospecific approach to tricyclic sesquiterpenes mayurone and thujopsenes
Srikrishna,Anebouselvy
, p. 7102 - 7106 (2007/10/03)
An enantiospecific approach to mayurone and thujopsenes, sesquiterpenes containing three contiguous quaternary carbon atoms, starting from (R)-carvone (8), is described. (S)-3,4,4-Trimethylcarvone (7), obtained from (R)-carvone, was transformed into the bicyclo[2.2.2]octanone 13 via regioselective intramolecular alkylation of the allyl bromide 11. Regioselective ozonolysis and Criegee fragmentation of the bicyclic ketone 13 furnished the keto ester 14. Reductive deoxygenation followed by one-carbon homologation transformed the keto ester 19 into the ester 6. Intramolecular cyclopropanation of the diazo ketone 25, derived from the acid 5, furnished (-)dihydromayurone (4), thus constituting a formal enantiospecific synthesis of mayurone and thujopsenes.