Synlett 2018; 29(03): 354-358
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1591489
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Cyclopropane Intermediates from Insertion Reactions of Platinum–Carbenes: A Route to Heterospiranes

Kiseong Kim
Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Science, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea   Email: changho@hanyang.ac.kr
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Soyung Kim
Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Science, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea   Email: changho@hanyang.ac.kr
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Chang Ho Oh*
Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Science, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea   Email: changho@hanyang.ac.kr
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Financial support was provided by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF–2014R1A5A1011165).
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Publication History

Received: 30 July 2017

Accepted after revision: 14 September 2017

Publication Date:
11 October 2017 (online)


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Abstract

Heteroaromatic-anchored enynals with a pendent alkene group were successfully cyclized through a Huisgen-type [3+2] cycloaddition to give a tetracyclic Pt–carbene complex that underwent insertion into the C–H bond in the β-position to give fused cyclopropanes that are otherwise inaccessible. On heating, the cyclopropanes smoothly rearranged to form the corresponding heterospiranes with excellent levels of stereoselectivity and high yields.

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