Titanium(IV) Halide Mediated Coupling of Alkoxides and Alkynes: An Efficient and Stereoselective Route to Trisubstituted (E)-Alkenyl Halides
Min-Liang Yao, Travis R. Quick, Zhongzhi Wu, Michael P. Quinn and George W. Kabalka*
*Departments of Chemistry and Radiology, The University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1600, Email: kabalka
utk.edu
M.-L. Yao, T. R. Quick, Z. Wu, M. P. Quinn, G. W. Kabalka, Org. Lett., 2009, 11, 2647-2649.
DOI: 10.1021/ol900669t
Abstract
C-O bond cleavage of lithium alkoxides occurs readily at room temperature in the presence of titanium(IV) halides. Capture of the resultant carbocation by alkynes provides an efficient route to trisubstituted (E)-alkenyl halides with high stereoselectivity.
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Key Words
benzylation, propargylation, alkenes, vinyl bromides, vinyl chlorides
ID: J54-Y2009-1860
