The photocycloaddition of arenes and allenes
- Streit, Ursula Department of Chemistry University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Birbaum, Frédéric Department of Chemistry University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Quattropani, Anna Merck Serono SA, Geneva, Switzerland
- Bochet, Christian G. Department of Chemistry University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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03.05.2013
Published in:
- The Journal of Organic Chemistry. - 2013, vol. 78, no. 14, p. 6890-6910
English
In the present work, we report on a new intramolecular para-cycloaddition of arenes with allenes, yielding attractive rigid scaffolds bearing several reactive functionalities to build in further diversity. Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene-type products and benzoxepine acetals are formed in this reaction, in ratios and yields depending on the substitution pattern on the aromatic ring, the nature of the chromophore and the tether. This unprecedented reaction has remarkable features that distinguishes it from many other photochemical transformations: it is particularly robust with respect to substituents, it can be scaled up without notable loss of efficiency, and it can lead to structures with high complexity in low to good yields. All photochemical precursors could be synthesized readily in three steps. We confirmed the compatibility of the nitrogen atom in the photocycloaddition step, which gives access to bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene scaffold with two points that allow further diversification. This reaction was scaled up to multigram quantities without erosion of the typically high yields in photocycloadducts. Sequential deprotection of the N- or the C-terminus of bicyclic amino acids gave access to two conformationally constrained unnatural amino acids with different disposition of the two anchor points.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Chimie
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Chemistry
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- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 32345
- DOI 10.1021/jo4002307
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/303105
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