Stereocontrolled construction of seven-membered carbocycles using a combination of Brook rearrangement-mediated [3 + 4] annulation and epoxysilane rearrangement

J Org Chem. 2007 Feb 16;72(4):1379-87. doi: 10.1021/jo062282c. Epub 2007 Jan 23.

Abstract

Reactions of delta-silyl-gamma,delta-epoxy-alpha,beta-unsaturated acylsilane with alkenyl methyl ketone enolate afford highly functionalized cycloheptenone derivatives via a tandem sequence featuring the combination of Brook rearrangement-mediated [3 + 4] annulation and epoxysilane rearrangement. The reactions using an opposite combination of three and four carbon units, in which an epoxysilane moiety was incorporated in the four-carbon unit, also give satisfactory results. Also, the possibility of chirality transfer from epoxide to remote positions via the tandem sequence using an optically active epoxide has been demonstrated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't