title: Synthesis of angular triquinanes from 1-Alkynylbicyclo[3.2. 0]hept-2-en-7-ones. A tandem alkoxy-cope ring Expansion/Transannular ring closure reaction.
abstract: Addition of ethenyllithium reagents to the carbonyl group of dialkyl squarate-derived 1-alkynylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene-7-ones (15), followed by a TBAF workup, results in a low-temperature anion-accelerated alkoxy-Cope rearrangement which proceeds by way of a strained cyclic allene intermediates (e.g.,17). This leads to the formation of angularly fused triquinanes (e.g., 20) in which each of the rings is functionally differentiated. Bicyclo[6.3. 0]undecadienones (e.g., 36) are the major products when the reactions are quenched with aqueous bicarbonate rather than TBAF. Under analogous conditions 2-alkylidene-1-alkynylbicyclo[3.2. 0]heptan-7-ones also give bicyclo[6.3.0]undecadienones by a mechanism that was established to involve a 1,5-hydrgen shift in a strained allene intermediate. The synthetic scope and mechanism of these and related transformations are discussed.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine California 92697-2025, USA.
authors: S K
authors: SK
authors: Verma
authors: E B
authors: EB
authors: Fleischer
authors: H W
authors: HW
authors: Moore
mesh_terms: D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds