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Diastereoselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted Tetrahydrofurans by Pd-Catalyzed Tandem Oxidative Cyclization-Redox Relay Reactions Controlled by Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding.


ABSTRACT: Palladium-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of alkenols provides a convenient entry into cyclic ethers but typically proceeds with little or no diastereoselectivity for cyclization of trisubstituted olefins to form tetrahydrofurans due to the similar energies of competing 5-membered transition-state conformations. Herein, a new variant of this reaction has been developed in which a PdCl2/1,4-benzoquinone catalyst system coupled with introduction of a hydrogen-bond acceptor in the substrate enhances both diastereoselectivity and reactivity. Cyclization occurs with 5-exo Markovnikov regioselectivity. Mechanistic and computational studies support an anti-oxypalladation pathway in which intramolecular hydrogen bonding increases the nucleophilicity of the alcohol and enforces conformational constraints that enhance diastereoselectivity. The cyclization is followed by a tandem redox-relay process that provides versatile side-chain functionalities for further derivatization.

SUBMITTER: Brooks JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5224347 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Diastereoselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted Tetrahydrofurans by Pd-Catalyzed Tandem Oxidative Cyclization-Redox Relay Reactions Controlled by Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding.

Brooks Joshua L JL   Xu Liping L   Wiest Olaf O   Tan Derek S DS  

The Journal of organic chemistry 20161222 1


Palladium-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of alkenols provides a convenient entry into cyclic ethers but typically proceeds with little or no diastereoselectivity for cyclization of trisubstituted olefins to form tetrahydrofurans due to the similar energies of competing 5-membered transition-state conformations. Herein, a new variant of this reaction has been developed in which a PdCl<sub>2</sub>/1,4-benzoquinone catalyst system coupled with introduction of a hydrogen-bond acceptor in the substr  ...[more]

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