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Rh-Mediated Cyclopentane Construction Can Compete with β-Hydride Elimination: Synthesis of (+/-)-Tochuinyl Acetate
Taber, Douglass F.,Hennessy, Michael J.,Louey, James P.
, p. 436 - 441 (2007/10/02)
Rhodium(II) carboxylate catalyzed C-H insertion to form a cyclopentane is shown to compete effectively with β-hydride elimination, except when the β-hydrogen is ternary.Cyclization of diazo ester 27 gives 28, which is converted in three steps to (+/-)-toc