Iodane-guided ortho C-H allylation

Autors/es

Chen, Wei W.; Cunillera, Anton; Chen, Dandan; Lethu, Sébastien; López de Moragas, Albert; Zhu, Jun; Solà, Miquel; Cuenca, Ana B.; Shafir, Alexandr

Abstract

A metal‐free C−H allylation strategy is described to access diverse functionalized ortho‐allyl‐iodoarenes. The method employs hypervalent (diacetoxy)iodoarenes and proceeds through the iodane‐guided “iodonio‐Claisen” allyl transfer. The use of allylsilanes bearing electron‐withdrawing functional groups unlocks the functionalization of a broad range of substrates, including electron‐neutral and electron‐poor rings. The resulting ortho‐allylated iodoarenes are versatile building blocks, with examples of downstream transformation including a concise synthesis of the experimental antimitotic core of Dosabulin. DFT calculations shed additional light on the reaction mechanism, with notable aspects including the aromatic character of the transition‐state structure for the [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement, as well as the highly stereoconvergent nature of the trans‐product formation.

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Publicació

Angewandte Chemie: international edition, 2 November 2020, v.59, n.45, p.20201-20207

Data de publicació

2020-11-02

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202009369