P. Eilbracht et al., METAL-MEDIATED ONE-POT SYNTHESIS OF CYCLOPENTANONES FROM ALLYL VINYL ETHERS OR DIALLYL ETHERS VIA TANDEM CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT AND HYDROACYLATION, Synthesis, (3), 1995, pp. 330-334
Cyclopentanones 3 and 7 are generated in a one-pot procedure from ally
l vinyl ethers 1 and diallyl ethers 4, respectively. The conversion is
carried out in the presence of RhCl(cod)(dppe) or RuCl2(PPh(3))(3) at
elevated temperatures and involves a sequence of aliphatic Claisen re
arrangement and intramolecular hydroacylation of the pent-4-enals gene
rated as intermediates. The diallyl ethers 4 undergo an additional dou
ble-bond isomerization prior to the Claisen rearrangement.