STERIC CONTROL-BASED ON ALKYL SUBSTITUENTS IN THE [2,3]SIGMATROPIC REARRANGEMENT OF 9-MEMBERED ALLYLSULFONIUM YLIDES - A NEW ENTRY TO THE STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF ELEMANE-TYPE SESQUITERPENOIDS
F. Kido et al., STERIC CONTROL-BASED ON ALKYL SUBSTITUENTS IN THE [2,3]SIGMATROPIC REARRANGEMENT OF 9-MEMBERED ALLYLSULFONIUM YLIDES - A NEW ENTRY TO THE STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF ELEMANE-TYPE SESQUITERPENOIDS, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (7), 1994, pp. 789-790
The rhodium(II)-catalysed cyclisation of acyclic alpha-diazomalonate 1
b and alpha-diazo-beta-keto esters 1c, d give stereoselectively the hi
ghly substituted delta-lactone 3b and cyclohexanones 3c, d, respective
ly, by [2,3]sigmatropic rearrangement via the stereocontrolled nine-me
mbered allylsulfonium ylides 2b-d.