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Cyclic Ether Synthesis via Palladium-Catalyzed Directed Dehydrogenative Annulation at Unactivated Terminal Positions
Samuel J Thompson1, Danny Q Thach1, Guangbin Dong1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
Abstract:
Here, a palladium-catalyzed functionalization of unactivated sp(3) C-H bonds with internal alcohol nucleophiles is described. Directed by an oxime-masked alcohol, annulation chemoselectively occurs at the β position, leading to a range of aliphatic cyclic ethers with four- to seven-membered rings. Tethered primary, secondary, and tertiary free hydroxyl groups can all react to give the corresponding cyclized products. In addition, benzyl and silyl protected alcohols can also be directly coupled. An sp(3) C-H activation/intramolecular SN2 pathway was proposed.
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