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Copper-catalyzed rearrangement of vinyl oxiranes
Batory, Lindsay A.,McInnis, Christine E.,Njardarson, Jon T.
, p. 16054 - 16055 (2007/10/03)
A novel copper-catalyzed vinyl oxirane ring expansion protocol has been developed. A wide range of vinyl oxiranes can be rearranged to 2,5-dihydrofurans in excellent yields in the presence of electrophilic copper(II) acetylacetonate catalysts. Regioisomeric vinyl oxiranes can be converted to a single dihydrofuran product using these conditions. This method uses low catalyst loadings (0.5-5 mol %), has good tolerance of substitution patterns, and can be done in the absence of solvent. Copyright
Acetylenes as Potential Antarafacial Components in Concerted Reactions. Formation of Pyrroles from Thermolyses of Propargylamines, of a Dihydrofuran from a Propargylic Ether, and of an Ethylidenepyrrolidine from a β-Amino Acetylene
Viola, Alfred,Collins, John J.,Filipp, Nicholas,Locke, John S.
, p. 5067 - 5075 (2007/10/02)
A thermal cyclization of acetylenic compounds provides evidence for the ability of acetylenic links to act as antarafacial components in processes.The cyclization competes with the normally favored acetylenic retro-ene reaction.Propargylic amines, without substituents whose presence would hinder a tight cyclic transition state, yield intermediate pyrrolines whose subsequent hydrogen elimination affords pyrroles in small amounts.The same process in 2-ethynyltetrahydropyran affords 8-oxabicyclooctane in 35percent yield.A related thermal reaction of N-methyl-3-hexyn-1-amine provides a quantitative transformation to N-methyl-2-ethylidenepyrrolidine in a nominal s + 2a + 2s + 2s> Moebius process, wherein the acetylenic unit is the antarafacial component.Evidence for concertedness in these reactions is discussed.
