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Morgane Delattre1, Milena Wiegand1, Qian Wang1
1Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products (LSPN), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Under acidic conditions, propargylic alcohols undergo Meyer-Schuster or Rupe rearrangements to afford two isomeric α,β-unsaturated ketones. Herein, we disclose a mechanistically distinct base-mediated regioselective conversion of TMS ethers of propargylic alcohols to 1,3-enynes in high yields with broad functional-group compatibility. Alternatively, trapping of the in situ-generated lithium acetylide with electrophiles enables access to functionalized internal 1,3-enynes. Owing to the ready accessibility of propargylic alcohols, this method provides a practical and attractive entry to synthetically valuable 1,3-enynes.
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