Synlett, Table of Contents LETTER© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New YorkAnnulations via Dianions: Formation of Five-, Six- and Seven-Membered RingsGeorge A. Kraus*, Sarathy KesavanDepartment of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USAe-Mail: gakraus@iastate.edu; Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article All articles of this category Abstract Phosphonium salts bearing an electron-withdrawing group at the γ-position form dianions that react with bis-electrophiles to generate five-, six-, and seven- membered rings. Key words dianions - bis-electrophiles - annulation Full Text References References <A NAME="RS00605ST-1">1</A> Kraus GA. Ogutu H. Tetrahedron 2002, 58: 7391 <A NAME="RS00605ST-2">2</A> Matsumoto T. Shirahama H. Ichikara A. Fukuoka Y. Takahashi Y. Mori Y. Watanabe M. Tetrahedron 1965, 21: 2671 <A NAME="RS00605ST-3">3</A> Xu R.-S. Stud. Nat. Prod. Chem. 2000, 21: 729 <A NAME="RS00605ST-4">4</A> Evans DA. Johnson JS. In Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis Jacobsen EN. Pfaltz A. Yamamoto H. Springer; New York: 1999. Vol. 3: p.1177 <A NAME="RS00605ST-5">5</A> Moorhoff C. Schneider DF. Tetrahedron Lett. 1987, 28: 559 <A NAME="RS00605ST-6">6</A> Najera C. Sansona J. Tetrahedron 1994, 50: 3491 <A NAME="RS00605ST-7">7</A> Innocenti A. Dembech P. Mordini A. Ricci A. Seconi G. Synthesis 1991, 267: <A NAME="RS00605ST-8">8</A> Molander G. Shubert C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109: 576 <A NAME="RS00605ST-9">9</A> Ishikawa T. Kadoya R. Arai M. Takahashi H. Kaisi Y. Mizuta T. Yoshikai K. Saito S. J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66: 8000 <A NAME="RS00605ST-10">10</A> Wade PA. Kondracki PA. Carroll PJ. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113: 8807 <A NAME="RS00605ST-11">11</A> Bose G. Langer P. Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45: 3861 <A NAME="RS00605ST-12">12</A> Seebach D. Missbach M. Calderari G. Eberle M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112: 7625 <A NAME="RS00605ST-13A">13a</A> Thompson CM. Dianion Chemistry in Organic Synthesis CRC Press; Boca Raton: 1994. <A NAME="RS00605ST-13B">13b</A> Langer P. Freiburg W. Chem. Rev. 2004, 104: 4125 <A NAME="RS00605ST-14">14</A> Cristau HJ. Beziat Y. Niangoran CE. Christol H. Synthesis 1987, 648 <A NAME="RS00605ST-15">15</A> Turos E. Boy K. Ren Xiao F. J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57: 6667 <A NAME="RS00605ST-16">16</A> Beaulieu PL. Duceppe JS. Johnson C. J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56: 4196 <A NAME="RS00605ST-17">17</A> Beaulieu PL. Schiller PW. Tetrahedron Lett. 1988, 29: 2019 <A NAME="RS00605ST-18">18</A> Inukai T. Yoshizawa R. J. Org. Chem. 1967, 32: 404