SYNTHESIS OF SPIRO[4.5]DECAN-1-ONES - A FORMAL SYNTHESIS OF ACORADIENES AND RELATED SESQUITERPENES VIA RHODIUM-CATALYZED CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT HYDROACYLATION/
T. Sattelkau et al., SYNTHESIS OF SPIRO[4.5]DECAN-1-ONES - A FORMAL SYNTHESIS OF ACORADIENES AND RELATED SESQUITERPENES VIA RHODIUM-CATALYZED CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT HYDROACYLATION/, Synlett, (12), 1996, pp. 1221
A novel procedure for the synthesis of spiro[4.5]decan-1-ones starting
from commercially available substances is described. The key-step is
a one-pot combination of Claisen rearrangement of allyl vinyl ethers f
ollowed by an. intramolecular hydroacylation(1) catalysed by RhCl(cod)
(dppe).(2) The intermediate pent-4-enals generated by the initial [3.3
] sigmatropic rearrangement exhibit substitution patterns which have p
reviously been described as unsuitable for the rhodium catalysed intra
molecular hydroacylation.(3,4) This procedure allows the synthesis of
ketone 2, a key intermediate in the total synthesis of acoradienes and
acorones.(5)