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Jiajun Lu1, Zurong Xu1, Yang Chen2
1Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China.
Abstract:
The first dirhodium(II)-catalyzed synthesis of propellanes is established via a formal dicarbene-mediated cyclopropanation/C-H insertion cascade using readily available 1,6-enynes as carbene precursors. A key finding is that the competitive pathway between C-H insertion and carbene dimerization can be effectively controlled through solvent regulation. This one-pot transformation afforded a challenging chiral [4.3.1.01,6]-bridged compound containing three rings and vicinal all-carbon quaternary stereocenters.
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