We report a stereoselective formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition of cyclopropyl ketones and radical-acceptor alkenes to form polysubstituted cyclopentane derivatives. Catalyzed by a chiral Ti(salen) complex, the cycloaddition occurs via a radical redox-relay mechanism and constructs two C-C bonds and two contiguous stereogenic centers with generally excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivity.
The stereoselective synthesis of chlorotrifluoromethylated pyrrolidines was achieved using anodically coupled electrolysis, an electrochemical process that combines two parallel oxidative events in a convergent and productive manner. The bench-stable and commercially available solids CF SO Na and MgCl were used as the functional group sources to generate CF and Cl , respectively, via electrochemical oxidation, and the subsequent reaction of these radicals with the 1,6-enyne substrate was controlled with an earth-abundant Mn catalyst. In particular, the introduction of a chelating ligand allowed for the ene-yne cyclization to take place with high stereochemical control over the geometry of the alkene group in the pyrrolidine product.
The sodiation of substituted acrylonitriles and alkenyl sulfides in a continuous flow setup using NaDA (sodium diisopropylamide) in EtNMe 2 or NaTMP (sodium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide)•TMEDA in n-hexane provides sodiated acrylonitriles and alkenyl sulfides, which are subsequently trapped in batch with various electrophiles such as aldehydes, ketones, disulfides and allylic bromides affording functionalized acrylonitriles and alkenyl sulfides. This flowprocedure was successfully extended to other acrylates by using Barbier-type conditions.
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