Rhodium-catalyzed [(3+2)+2] carbocyclization of alkynylidenecyclopropanes with substituted allenes: Stereoselective construction of tri- and tetrasubstituted exocyclic olefins

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 4768-4772

  Evans, P Andrew ^a   Negru, Daniela E ^a   Shang, Deju ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allenes; cyclizations; olefins; rhodium; synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; OLEFINS; RHODIUM; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

ALLENES; CARBOCYCLIZATION; CYCLIZATIONS; RHODIUM CATALYSTS; RHODIUM-CATALYZED; STEREO-SELECTIVE; STEREOSELECTIVE CONSTRUCTION; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

HYDROCARBONS;

ALKENE; BICYCLO COMPOUND; CYCLOPROPANE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; RHODIUM;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOPROPANES; RHODIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84926512705     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201410857     Document Type: Article

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