A Construction of α-Alkenyl Lactones via Reduction Radical Cascade Reaction of Allyl Alcohols and Acetylenic Acids

Org Lett. 2020 Nov 6;22(21):8337-8344. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02973. Epub 2020 Oct 11.

Abstract

An iron-catalyzed cascade reaction of radical reduction of allyl alcohols and acetylenic acids to construct polysubstituted α-alkenyl lactones has been developed. In this paper, various allyl alcohols can form allyl ester intermediates and are further transformed into alkyl radicals, which form products through intramolecular reflex-Michael addition. In addition, this method can be used to prepare spirocycloalkenyl lactones. Interestingly, this protocol can be used to synthesize the skeleton structure of natural products. Moreover, the product can be further transformed into a β-methylene tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydrofuran diene.

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  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't