title: A new and practical five-carbon component for metal-catalyzed
abstract: Described herein is an efficient preparative scale synthesis of 1-(2-methyoxyethoxy)-1-vinylcyclopropane and the investigation of the utility of this reagent as a new five-carbon component in metal-catalyzed [5 + 2] cycloadditions. A new cycloaddition procedure is also described that proceeds up to 12-fold faster and with 10-fold less catalyst than previously described, providing cycloheptenones in many cases in minutes and in isolated yields of 75-97%. The procedure is readily conducted on a small or large scale (up to 100 mmol thus far).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5080, USA.
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wender
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Dyckman
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Husfeld
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Scanio