A base-mediated aerobic oxidative synthesis of cyclopent-2-enol derivatives from doubly activated cyclopropanes and substituted acetonitriles

Org Biomol Chem. 2022 Feb 2;20(5):1095-1102. doi: 10.1039/d1ob02155a.

Abstract

We report here that polysubstituted cyclopent-2-enols can be constructed by the one-pot reaction of doubly activated cyclopropanes and α-EWG substituted acetonitriles under mild basic conditions via a domino-ring-opening-cyclization/deacylation/oxidation sequence. Moreover, the synthetic applications of these cyclopent-2-enols have been demonstrated in the late-stage derivatization into functionalized cyclopentapyrimidin-4-ones and 2-hydroxy cyclopentanones with good yields.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't