Rhodium-Catalyzed Intramolecular C-H Insertion of α-Aryl-α-diazo Ketones
Douglass F. Taber* and Weiwei Tian
*Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark,
Delaware 19716, Email: taberdf
udel.edu
D. F. Taber, W. Tian, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 3207-3210.
DOI: 10.1021/jo0624694
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Abstract
α-Aryl-α-diazo ketones derived from direct diazo transfer with α-aryl ketones cyclize efficiently in the presence of Rh catalysts to give the corresponding α-aryl cyclopentanones.
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ID: J42-Y2007-1240
