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Highly Regioselective Synthesis of Substituted Isoindolinones via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Alkyne Cyclotrimerizations

Foster, RW; Tame, CJ; Hailes, HC; Sheppard, TD; (2013) Highly Regioselective Synthesis of Substituted Isoindolinones via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Alkyne Cyclotrimerizations. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis , 355 (11-12) 2353 -2360. 10.1002/adsc.201300055. Green open access

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Abstract

Cyclooctadiene)(pentamethylcyclopentadiene)ruthenium chloride [Cp*RuCl(cod)] has been used to catalyze the regioselective cyclization of amide-tethered diynes with monosubstituted alkynes to give polysubstituted isoindolinones. Notably, the presence of a trimethylsilyl group on the diyne generally led to complete control over the regioselectivity of the alkyne cyclotrimerization. The cyclization reaction worked well in a sustainable non-chlorinated solvent and was tolerant of moisture. The optimized conditions were effective with a diverse range of alkynes and diynes. The 7-silylisoindolinone products could be halogenated, protodesilylated or ring opened to access a range of usefully functionalized products.

Type: Article
Title: Highly Regioselective Synthesis of Substituted Isoindolinones via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Alkyne Cyclotrimerizations
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300055
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201300055
Language: English
Additional information: © 2013 The authors. Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Alkynes, Amide tether, Cyclotrimerization, Isoindolinones, Ruthenium, Trimethylsilyl group
UCL classification: UCL
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1403961
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