Rhodium-catalyzed intramolecular C-H insertion of alpha-aryl-alpha-diazo ketones.
Direct diazo transfer proceeds smoothly with alpha-aryl ketones. The derived alpha-aryl-alpha-diazo ketones cyclize efficiently with Rh catalysis to give the corresponding alpha-aryl cyclopentanones.
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Douglass F
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA. taberdf@udel.edu
Tian
Weiwei
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D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D002625:Chemistry, Organic / Q000379:methods*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D007659:Ketones / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
D007659:Ketones; D002244:Carbon; D006859:Hydrogen