title: A tandem reaction initiated by 1,4-addition of bis(iodozincio)methane for 1,3-diketone formation.
abstract: Treatment of an gamma-acyloxy-alpha,beta-unsaturated ketone with bis(iodozincio)methane leads to a novel tandem reaction consisting of three steps: (1) 1,4-addition of the dizinc reagent to the enone, which affords the corresponding zinc enolate of the beta-zinciomethylated ketone; (2) intramolecular nucleophilic attack by the enolate on the ester group; and (3) Grob-type fragmentation of the adduct, accompanied by elimination of the zinc alkoxide of allyl alcohol. The overall reaction gives 1,3-diketones efficiently.
authors.affiliation: Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoutodaigaku-katsura, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Mutsumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sada
authors.forename: Seijiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsubara
mesh_terms: D007659:Ketones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D007659:Ketones; C513531:bis(iodozincio)methane; D008697:Methane