Harmony of CdI2 with CuBr for the one-pot synthesis of optically active α-allenols
Jiasheng Zhang1, Juntao Ye, Shengming Ma
1State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China. masm@sioc.ac.cn.
Abstract:
A highly efficient one-pot synthesis of chiral α-allenols from propargylic alcohols, aldehydes and pyrrolidine induced by CuBr and (R,Ra)-N-PINAP or (R,Sa)-N-PINAP and CdI2 has been developed. Both the yields and enantioselectivities of the allenols of this one-pot procedure are practical. Comparison with ZnI2 control experiments revealed that CdI2 can convert propargylic amine to allene in the presence of CuBr efficiently.
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