Synlett 2003(8): 1101-1104
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39904
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Efficient Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Triquinane Derivatives through Dicobalt Octacarbonyl-Catalyzed Cycloaddition of Diyne with Diene under Carbon Monoxide Followed by Cleavage of a Double Bond

Seung Uk Son, Kang Hyun Park, Seung Jung Lee, B. Moon Kim, Young Keun Chung*
School of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Catalysis, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea
e-Mail: ykchung@plaza.snu.ac.kr;
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Publication History

Received 9 April 2003
Publication Date:
11 June 2003 (online)

Abstract

A new approach to the synthesis of angular triquinanes, based on the dicobalt octacarbonyl-catalyzed tandem cycloaddition of diyne and diene followed by cleavage of a double bond, is described.