A new gold self-relay catalytic annulation/nucleophilic substitution cascade of 1,3-enyne acetates with cyclic ether acetals is reported,enabling highly diastereoselective access to cyclic etherified cyclopentenones w...A new gold self-relay catalytic annulation/nucleophilic substitution cascade of 1,3-enyne acetates with cyclic ether acetals is reported,enabling highly diastereoselective access to cyclic etherified cyclopentenones with cyclic quaternary centers in moderate to good yields and>19∶1 dr.This catalysis enables the direct construction of two types of carboncyclic skeletons by adjusting the olefin types of 1,3-enyne acetates.When 1,3-enyne acetates bearing a cyclic alkene unit were used,5~6 fused bicarbocyclic products were diastereoselectively synthesized,whereas the reaction of acyclic 1,3-enyne acetates resulted in five-memebered carbocyclic framework.Notably,cyclic ether acetals are commonly used as protecting groups in traditional multistep organic syntheses,and in this reaction,such reagents serve as electrophilic cyclic ether precursors,achieving new uses for old reagents.The current method demonstrates good functional group compatibility,a broad substrate scope and high diastereoselectivity,providing a new synthetic strategy toward functionalized cyclopentenones.展开更多
Molecular scaffolds endowed with all-carbon quaternary stereocenter are ubiquitous in natural products and significant bioactive molecules.However,efficient construction of this type of structure units is full of chal...Molecular scaffolds endowed with all-carbon quaternary stereocenter are ubiquitous in natural products and significant bioactive molecules.However,efficient construction of this type of structure units is full of challenge due to their congested chemical envi-ronment.Herein,we report a new gold(Ⅰ)self-relay catalysis merging[3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement/Nazarov cyclization with al-lylic alkylation starting from 1,3-enyne acetates and allylic alcohols,producing a wide range of synthetically important allyl cyclo-pentenones with an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter in good yields under mild conditions.This protocol demonstrates the precise control of regioselectivity,high functional group tolerance of substrates and the low loading of gold catalyst without inert atmos-phere protection,providing a catalytic and efficient entry to all-carbon quaternary stereocenters.展开更多
文摘A new gold self-relay catalytic annulation/nucleophilic substitution cascade of 1,3-enyne acetates with cyclic ether acetals is reported,enabling highly diastereoselective access to cyclic etherified cyclopentenones with cyclic quaternary centers in moderate to good yields and>19∶1 dr.This catalysis enables the direct construction of two types of carboncyclic skeletons by adjusting the olefin types of 1,3-enyne acetates.When 1,3-enyne acetates bearing a cyclic alkene unit were used,5~6 fused bicarbocyclic products were diastereoselectively synthesized,whereas the reaction of acyclic 1,3-enyne acetates resulted in five-memebered carbocyclic framework.Notably,cyclic ether acetals are commonly used as protecting groups in traditional multistep organic syntheses,and in this reaction,such reagents serve as electrophilic cyclic ether precursors,achieving new uses for old reagents.The current method demonstrates good functional group compatibility,a broad substrate scope and high diastereoselectivity,providing a new synthetic strategy toward functionalized cyclopentenones.
基金We are grateful for financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21871112 and 21971090)the Science and Technology of Xuzhou(KC21022)。
文摘Molecular scaffolds endowed with all-carbon quaternary stereocenter are ubiquitous in natural products and significant bioactive molecules.However,efficient construction of this type of structure units is full of challenge due to their congested chemical envi-ronment.Herein,we report a new gold(Ⅰ)self-relay catalysis merging[3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement/Nazarov cyclization with al-lylic alkylation starting from 1,3-enyne acetates and allylic alcohols,producing a wide range of synthetically important allyl cyclo-pentenones with an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter in good yields under mild conditions.This protocol demonstrates the precise control of regioselectivity,high functional group tolerance of substrates and the low loading of gold catalyst without inert atmos-phere protection,providing a catalytic and efficient entry to all-carbon quaternary stereocenters.
