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. 2024 Jan 25;15(9):3249-3254.
doi: 10.1039/d3sc06600b. eCollection 2024 Feb 28.

Borylated cyclobutanes via thermal [2 + 2]-cycloaddition

Kateryna Prysiazhniuk  1 , Oleksandr Polishchuk  1 , Stanislav Shulha  1 , Kyrylo Gudzikevych  1 , Oleksandr P Datsenko  1 , Vladimir Kubyshkin  1 , Pavel K Mykhailiuk  1
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Borylated cyclobutanes via thermal [2 + 2]-cycloaddition

Kateryna Prysiazhniuk et al. Chem Sci. .

Abstract

A one-step approach to borylated cyclobutanes from amides of carboxylic acids and vinyl boronates is elaborated. The reaction proceeds via the thermal [2 + 2]-cycloaddition of in situ-generated keteniminium salts.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors are employees of a chemical supplier Enamine.

Figures

Scheme 1
Scheme 1. Retrosynthetic disconnection of borylated cyclobutanes via a [2 + 2]-reaction: photochemical vs. thermal strategies.
Scheme 2
Scheme 2. Reaction conditions: (i) vinyl Bpin/allyl Bpin (1.0 equiv.), amide (1.2 equiv.), triflic anhydride (1.4 equiv.), collidine or lutidine (1.4 equiv.), 1,2-dichloroethane, reflux, and 16 h; (ii) aqueous NaHCO3; (iii) purification (vacuum distillation or column chromatography). The scale of the synthesis: a 100–500 mg; b 1–7 g; c 10–50 g of the isolated product. d Product 25 (d.r. = 7 : 1) was obtained with ca. 70% purity. e Additional purification by column chromatography provided the pure product 25 as a single diastereomer in 3% yield. f Product 26 (d.r. = 2 : 1) was obtained with ca. 50% purity. g Additional purification by column chromatography provided the pure product 26 as a single diastereomer in 1% yield. X-ray crystal structures of compounds 14–16, 20, and 22 are shown as thermal ellipsoids at a 50% probability level; carbon – white, oxygen – red, boron – brown, and fluorine – green; hydrogen atoms are omitted for clarity.
Scheme 3
Scheme 3. Unexpected synthesis of ketone 33.
Scheme 4
Scheme 4. Modifications of borylated cyclobutanes. (a) Synthesis of borylated cyclobutane 23. (b) Synthesis of N-Boc amino boronates 38 and 40. (c) An attempted synthesis of bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes 41 and 42.
Scheme 5
Scheme 5. Synthesis of potassium trifluoroborate salts 6a, 9a, and 13; and diol 44.
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