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Pd(II)-catalyzed cascade Wacker-Heck reaction: Chemoselective coupling of two electron-deficient reactants
Silva, Franck,Reiter, Maud,Mills-Webb, Rebecca,Sawicki, Marcin,Klaer, Daniel,Bensel, Nicolas,Wagner, Alain,Gouverneur, Veronique
, p. 8390 - 8394 (2007/10/03)
A novel palladium(II)-catalyzed oxy-carbopalladation process was developed allowing for the orchestrated union of hydroxyynones with ethyl acrylate, two electron-deficient reactants. With β-hydroxy ynones, this cascade Wacker-Heck process gave access to highly functionalized tri- or tetrasubstituted dihydropyranones featuring an unusual dienic system. For diastereomerically pure and for enantioenriched β-hydroxyynones, these reactions proceed without affecting the stereochemical integrity of the existing stereocenters. In addition, tetrasubstituted furanones can be prepared when α-hydroxyynones and ethyl acrylate are used as starting materials. The dihydropyranones and furanones obtained upon cyclization are novel compounds, but structurally related carbohydrate derivatives featuring a similar dienic system have been used as starting materials for the construction of polyannulated products, suggesting that these cascade Pd(II)-mediated oxidative heterocyclizations are of value for various synthetic applications.