Synlett 2006(4): 0501-0514  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-932483
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A Zirconium Promenade - An Efficient Tool in Organic Synthesis

Ilan Marek*, Nicka Chinkov, Anat Levin
The Mallat Family Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Catalysis Science and Technology, and The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa 32 000, Israel
e-Mail: chilanm@tx.technion.ac.il;
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Publication History

Received 6 December 2005
Publication Date:
20 February 2006 (online)

Abstract

The one-pot preparation of allyl- and dienyl-zirconocene derivatives can be easily achieved via a tandem allylic C-H-activation-β-elimination reaction from unsaturated fatty alcohol and enol ether derivatives, respectively. The reaction proceeds rapidly, under mild conditions, and is insensitive to the length of the carbon tether between the double bond and the leaving group moiety.

  • 1 Introduction

  • 2 Hydrometallation-Isomerization of Oleic Derivatives

  • 3 Isomerization Reactions with the Negishi Reagent

  • 4 Unsaturated Fatty Alcohol Derivatives as a Source of ­Substituted Allylzirconocenes

  • 5 From Heterosubstituted Alkenes to Vinyl Zirconocene Complexes

  • 6 Stereoselective Preparation of Dienyl Zirconocene ­Complexes via the Tandem Allylic C-H Bond
    Activation-Elimination ­Sequences

  • 7 Conclusion

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Present address: ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, HCI H336, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.