Phosphine-catalyzed Rauhut-Currier reaction of γ-alkyl allenoate and subsequent trapping using the Diels-Alder reaction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Sep 28;59(78):11720-11723. doi: 10.1039/d3cc03151a.

Abstract

We have disclosed a Rauhut-Currier reaction of γ-alkyl-substituted allenoate, catalyzed by L-valine-derived amide phosphine, to form trisubstitued allenoate, which was trapped by maleimide or DMAD via the Diels-Alder reaction. Exo-bicyclic succinimide derivatives including three continuous stereocenters with an exo-carbon-carbon double bound were constructed in up to quantitative yields with high stereospecificity.