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. 2009 Aug 20;11(16):3666-9.
doi: 10.1021/ol901434g.

Enamide-benzyne-[2 + 2] cycloaddition: stereoselective tandem [2 + 2]-pericyclic ring-opening-intramolecular N-tethered [4 + 2] cycloadditions

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Enamide-benzyne-[2 + 2] cycloaddition: stereoselective tandem [2 + 2]-pericyclic ring-opening-intramolecular N-tethered [4 + 2] cycloadditions

John B Feltenberger et al. Org Lett. .

Abstract

Benzyne-[2 + 2] cycloadditions with enamides are described. This effort led to the development of a highly stereoselective tandem [2 + 2] cycloaddition-pericyclic ring-opening-intramolecular-N-tethered-[4 + 2] cycloaddition for rapid assembly of nitrogen heterocycles.

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Scheme 1
Scheme 1
A Tandem Benzyne-Enamide-[2 + 2]–Diels-Alder.
Scheme 2
Scheme 2
A Tandem Benzyne-Enamide-[2 + 2]–[4 + 2].
Scheme 3
Scheme 3
Substituted Olefins for [4 + 2] Cycloaddition.
Scheme 4
Scheme 4
An Asymmetric Tandem [2 + 2]–[4 + 2].

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