title: Reaction of allylic phosphoranes with iron porphyrin carbenoids: efficient, selective, and catalytic intermolecular formal carbenoid insertion into olefinic C-H bonds.
abstract: A highly efficient, selective, and catalytic intermolecular formal carbenoid insertion reaction into olefinic C-H bonds of allylic phosphoranes is described. This novel insertion reaction proved to proceed via a catalytic cyclopropanation of allylic phosphoranes with diazoacetate, followed by ring opening of the resulting cyclopropane ylide. On the basis of this observation, a facile synthetic method yielding 1,1,4-trisubstituted 1,3-butadienes with high stereoselectivity by a one-pot reaction of tributylphosphine-derived salt 11 with MDA and aldehydes under mild conditions has been developed.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Sunewang R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chun-Yin
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xiu-Li
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang