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Rhodium-Catalyzed Olefin Isomerization/Allyl Claisen Rearrangement/Intramolecular Hydroacylation Cascade

Ryuichi Okamoto and Ken Tanaka*

*Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan, Email: tanaka-kcc.tuat.ac.jp

R. Okamoto, K. Tanaka, Org. Lett., 2013, 15, 2112-2115.

DOI: 10.1021/ol400574s


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Abstract

A cationic Rh(I)/dppf complex catalyzes the olefin isomerization/allyl Claisen rearrangement/intramolecular hydroacylation cascade of di(allyl) ethers to produce substituted cyclopentanones in good yields under mild conditions.


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Key Words

cyclopentanones


ID: J54-Y2013