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SUBMITTER: Jing C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4266944 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Advanced synthesis & catalysis 20120401 6
Phosphine-catalyzed [3+2] and [4+3]annulation reactions of C,N-cyclic azomethine imines with allenoates have been developed to give a variety of pharmaceutically attractive tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives in moderate to excellent yields. The two distinct reaction pathways, [3+2] and [4+3]cyclization, depend on the nature of the nucleophilic phosphine and the allenoate. Generally, for α-alkylallenoates, the reactions always proceed with [3 +2]cyclization as the major pathway no matter what pho ...[more]