Synlett 2014; 25(17): 2467-2470
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1379009
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Synthesis of Tenuifolin through Intramolecular Nicholas Reaction

Sinisa Djurdjevic
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada   Fax: +1(519)9737098   Email: jgreen@uwindsor.ca
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James R. Green*
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada   Fax: +1(519)9737098   Email: jgreen@uwindsor.ca
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Publication History

Received: 30 June 2014

Accepted after revision: 30 July 2014

Publication Date:
08 September 2014 (online)


Abstract

The synthesis of the Cinnamomum homosesquiterpenoid tenuifolin has been accomplished by way of an intramolecular Nicholas reaction of the [Co2(CO)6] complex of an alkyne-substituted biaryl for construction of the seven-membered ring. The cyclization features the reaction of a nonactivated arene ring with the propargyldicobalt cation to give the dibenzocycloheptyne-Co2(CO)6.

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