Molecules (Jul 2022)

Trityl Cation-Catalyzed Hosomi-Sakurai Reaction of Allylsilane with β,γ-Unsaturated α-Ketoester to Form γ,γ-Disubstituted α-Ketoesters

  • Zubao Gan,
  • Deyun Cui,
  • Hongyun Zhang,
  • Ying Feng,
  • Liying Huang,
  • Yingying Gui,
  • Lu Gao,
  • Zhenlei Song

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27154730
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 15
p. 4730

Abstract

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(Ph3C)[BPh(F)4]-catalyzed Hosomi-Sakurai allylation of allylsilanes with β,γ-unsaturated α-ketoesters has been developed to give γ,γ-disubstituted α-ketoesters in high yields with excellent chemoselectivity. Preliminary mechanistic studies suggest that trityl cation dominates the catalysis, while the silyl cation plays a minor role.

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