title: Anion relay chemistry: an effective tactic for diversity oriented synthesis.
abstract: An effective one-flask multicomponent linchpin coupling protocol employing the concept of anion relay chemistry (ARC) was developed. This concept calls for addition of an anion (5) to an epoxide (6), bearing on a distal carbon a trialkyl silyl group and an anion stabilizing group (ASG), to furnish upon epoxide ring opening oxyanion 7. Addition of HMPA or other polar solvents to trigger a solvent controlled 1,4-Brook rearrangement then leads to a new distal anion (8), which in turn is available to react with a variety of second electrophiles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, and Monell Chemical Senses Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. smithab@sas.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Amos B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xian
mesh_terms: D000838:Anions / Q000737:chemistry; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry; D011807:Quinolizines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013457:Sulfur Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D011807:Quinolizines; D013457:Sulfur Compounds; C438055:dithiane; D008094:Lithium