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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Xia Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7075334 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20190808 33
A rhodium-catalyzed direct insertion of ethylene into a relatively unstrained carbon-carbon bond in 1-indanones is reported, which provides a two-carbon ring expansion strategy for preparing seven-membered cyclic ketones. As many 1-indanones are commercially available and ethylene is inexpensive, this strategy simplifies synthesis of benzocycloheptenones that are valuable synthetic intermediates for bioactive compounds but challenging to prepare otherwise. In addition, the reaction is byproduct- ...[more]