| Literature DB >> 25938947 |
Aakarsh Saxena1, Felix Perez1, Michael J Krische1.
Abstract
Upon exposure of 3,4-benzannulated 1,5-diynes (benzo-endiynes) to α-ketols (α-hydroxyketones) in the presence of Ru(0) catalysts derived from Ru3(CO)12 and RuPhos or CyJohnPhos, successive redox-triggered C-C coupling occurs to generate products of [4 + 2] cycloaddition. The proposed catalytic mechanism involves consecutive alkyne-carbonyl oxidative couplings to form transient oxaruthanacycles that suffer α-ketol mediated transfer hydrogenolysis. This process provides a new, convergent means of assembling Type II polyketide substructures.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25938947 PMCID: PMC4470559 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b02755
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419