Ligand-Controlled Divergent C-H Functionalization of Aldehydes with Enynes by Cobalt Catalysts

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Ligand-Controlled Divergent C-H Functionalization of Aldehydes with Enynes by Cobalt Catalysts

Author : Dr. S. Mannathan

Year : 2015

Publisher : American Chemical Societyservice@acs.org

Source Title : Journal of the American Chemical Society

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Abstract

We describe a highly step and atom economical cobalt-catalyzed cyclization of 1,6-enynes with aldehydes to synthesize functionalized pyrrolidines and dihydrofurans with high chemo- and stereoselectivity. The catalytic reaction plausibly proceeds via the cobaltacycle intermediate generated from the reaction of enyne substrate with cobalt catalyst, followed by switchable C-H functionalization of weakly coordinating aldehydes depending on the electronic nature of the ligand.