The Meyer-Schuster rearrangement of propargylic alcohols is at ransformation in organic synthesis known for almost ac entury. The products of this reaction-a,b-enones and their a-functionalized units-are highly important functional groups for various synthetic transformations. Two modificationso ft his classical reaction, which involves inter-ceptiono ft he intermediate allenol (or its equivalent) by either electrophiles or nucleophiles, have attracted the attention of synthetic organic chemists. This Focus Review provides ad etailed description of the developmento ft hese two strategies.
Intercepted Meyer-Schuster RearrangementsOver the last decade, new variants of the M-S rearrangement of propargylic alcohols 10 (Scheme 3) have been developed to broaden the utility of this classical process in synthetic organic chemistry.T wo of these variants are intercepted (electrophile and nucleophile)M -S rearrangements. These new processes Scheme1.The classicalMeyer-Schusterrearrangement.Scheme2.The Rupe rearrangement.Scheme3.Generalrepresentation of an electrophile-intercepted Meyer-Schuster rearrangement.Scheme4.First reportont he electrophile (halogen)-intercepted Meyer-Schuster rearrangement.Scheme5.Twop ossible mechanistic pathways for the halogen-intercepted Meyer-Schusterr earrangement.Scheme6.Mo-and Au-based cooperative catalysis for the halogen-intercepted Meyer-Schusterr earrangement.Scheme7.Substrate scope of cooperatively Mo-and Au-catalyzed iodo-intercepted Meyer-Schuster rearrangement.Scheme8.HOI-promoted, formaliodo-interceptedM eyer-Schusterr earrangement.Scheme11. Substrate scope for synthesis of a-iodoacrylates.Scheme12. Synthesis of a-iodochalcones from the iodo-intercepted Meyer-Schuster rearrangement of aryl propargylic alcohols.Scheme13. Chloro-intercepted Meyer-Schusterrearrangement by VOCl 3 .
Scheme21.Dual Cu-Re-catalyzed CF 3 -intercepted Meyer-Schusterrearrangement.Scheme22. Mechanism for CF 3 -intercepted Meyer-Schusterrearrangement by Cu-Re dual catalysis.Scheme 23. Cu I -catalyzed Z-selective trifluoromethylation during Meyer-Schuster rearrangement.