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Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes as 1,2-Dipoles in GaCl3-Mediated [4 + 2]-Annulation with Alkenes: Easy Access to the Tetralin Skeleton.
Published Jul 31, 2015 · R. Novikov, A. Tarasova, V. A. Korolev
The Journal of organic chemistry
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Abstract
A new process for (4 + 2)-annulation of donor-acceptor cyclopropanes (DACs) with unsaturated compounds in the presence of anhydrous GaCl3 has been developed. In this process, DACs act as sources of formal 1,2- and 1,4-dipoles to give polysubstituted tetralins in high yields and with high regio- and diastereoselectivity. Alkenes with both aryl and alkyl substituents at the double bond undergo this reaction equally readily. A most likely mechanism of the reaction has been proposed. It involves preliminary generation of a key 1,2-dipolar gallium complex and its subsequent participation in annulation with an alkene.
This new process for (4 + 2)-annulation of donor-acceptor cyclopropanes with unsaturated compounds produces polysubstituted tetralins in high yields and with high regio- and diastereoselectivity, making it a promising route for synthesis
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