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Multisubstituted Cyclohexene Construction through Telescoped Radical-Addition Induced Remote Functional Group Migration and Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons (HWE) Olefination

Zhang Xing-gui, Xin Li, Chi Zhang, Chao Feng

2021Organic Letters16 citationsDOI

Abstract

An efficient telescoped method for the rapid assembly of multisubstituted cyclohexenes is presented herein. The whole process nicely merges photoredox-promoted alkene difunctionalization via remote functional group migration with concomitant intramolecular Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) olefination. The characteristic feature of this protocol resides in the fact that the follow-up requiring ketone functionality for ring-closing olefination is in situ unveiled from the otherwise inert tertiary alcohol by the preceding alkene difunctionalization.

Topics & Concepts

ChemistryAlkeneIntramolecular forceFunctional groupCyclohexeneGroup (periodic table)Medicinal chemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisPolymerRadical Photochemical ReactionsCatalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsOxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions