Diastereoselective Pd‐catalyzed Decarboxylative (4+2) Cycloaddition Reactions of 4‐Vinylbenzoxazinanones and 2‐Nitro‐1,3‐enynes

Abstract

A formal palladium‐catalyzed decarboxylative (4 + 2) cycloaddition reaction between 4‐vinylbenzoxazinanones and 2‐nitro‐1,3‐enynes has been developed to produce highly valuable, densely functionalized tetrahydroquinolines in moderate to excellent yields with high diastereoselectivity under mild reaction conditions. The optimised protocol tolerates a range of substituted 2‐nitro‐1,3‐enynes, which represent an under‐utilized class of dipolarophile for transition‐metal catalyzed cycloadditions. The employed reaction methodology facilitates efficient cycloaddition with both N‐H‐ and N‐Ts‐4‐vinylbenzoxazinanone dipole precursors. The stereochemistry of the major and minor diastereomeric (4 + 2) cycloadducts was determined by single crystal X‐ray analyses. A mechanistic rationale for the high intrinsic diastereoselectivity and preliminary enantioselective experiments are also presented. The tetrahydroquinoline cycloadduct products feature numerous pendant functionalities, including a vinyl handle, an internal alkyne motif and a nitro functionality (which functions as a latent C‐3 nitrogen substituent) for further synthetic manipulations.

Highly Regio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of 6,7-Dihydro-4H-furo[3,4-c]pyran Derivatives through Pd-Catalyzed Formal (3 + 3) Allylic Cycloaddition of 2-Butene-1,4-diols with 2-(1-Alkynyl)-2-alken-1-ones

“…Due to their unique reactivity and readily availability, 2-(1-alkynyl)-2-alken-1-ones have been well utilized in exploring many new synthetic methodologies . In this context, synthesis of 3,4-fused bicyclic furans via Au­(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition have extensively investigated by Zhang and others, in which 2-(1-alkynyl)-2-alken-1-ones are used as 1,3-dipole precursors to generate gold-furyl (1,3)-dipole intermediate Int I (Scheme a). , …”