An Approach to Peri-Fused Heterocycles: A Metal-Mediated Cascade Carbonylative Cyclization/Dearomatic Diels-Alder Reaction

Org Lett. 2019 Dec 6;21(23):9512-9515. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03698. Epub 2019 Nov 20.

Abstract

A short and efficient route to peri-fused heterocycles has been developed. The transition metal in cooperation with the imino directing group cleaves the C-P bond of the phosphirane, followed by 1,1-insertion of CO and reductive elimination to give a reactive azaphosphacyclohexone derivative. The further dearomatic Diels-Alder reaction of the in situ-generated azaphosphacyclohexone with alkenes provides an array of annulated heterodecalins with high molecular complexity and atomic utilization.

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  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't