Palladium catalyzed stereoselective intramolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of (E) & (Z)-ene-vinylidenecyclopropanes

Org Biomol Chem. 2024 Jun 5;22(22):4445-4449. doi: 10.1039/d4ob00607k.

Abstract

A palladium-catalyzed ring-opening cyclization of (E) & (Z)-ene-vinylidenecyclopropanes has been developed via an intramolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition process in the presence of a sterically bulky biaryl phosphine ligand, stereoselectively affording fused cis- & trans-bicyclo[4.3.0] skeletal products in good yields with a broad substrate scope and good functional tolerance. A plausible reaction mechanism was proposed on the basis of previous work and the DFT calculations.