RHODIUM-CATALYZED INTRAMOLECULAR [4+2]CYCLOISOMERIZATION REACTIONS

Authors
GILBERTSON SR HOGE GS
Citation
Sr. Gilbertson et Gs. Hoge, RHODIUM-CATALYZED INTRAMOLECULAR [4+2]CYCLOISOMERIZATION REACTIONS, Tetrahedron letters, 39(15), 1998, pp. 2075-2078
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
39
Issue
15
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2075 - 2078
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1998)39:15<2075:RI[R>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A rhodium catalyst is reported that catalyzes the cycloisomerization o f dieneynes and trienes. This cycloisomerization reaction, formally th e equivalent of an unactivated Diels-Alder reaction, proceeds at room temperature with [Rh(DIPHOS)(CH2Cl2)(2)] SbF6 as the catalyst. (C) 199 8 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.