title: Diastereoselective intermolecular Pauson-Khand reactions of chiral cyclopropenes.
abstract: In this Letter, it is demonstrated that the unusual reactivity of cyclopropenes can increase the scope and utility of intermolecular Pauson-Khand reactions. The well-defined chiral environment of cyclopropenes has a powerful influence on the diastereoselectivity of the reactions and leads to the production of a single cyclopentenone in each of the described cases. The cyclopropane ring strongly influences the stereochemistry of reactions at the enone, and the three-membered ring can subsequently be cleaved under mild conditions. [reaction: see text]
authors.affiliation: Brown Laboratories, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.
authors.forename: Mahesh K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Pallerla
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D003517:Cyclopentanes; D003521:Cyclopropanes; C021985:cyclopropene; C013905:cyclopentenone