A domino [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement sequence employing a sequential reversible allylic azide rearrangement followed by an irreversible Overman reaction provides a new route to the formation of two contiguous C−N bonds. The reaction occurs in a stereocontrolled fashion in two steps from readily available alkenyl epoxides via initial azide anion ring opening of the epoxides.Letter pubs.acs.org/OrgLett
The total synthesis of the 9,11-seco-rosane diterpene velloziolide (1) has been accomplished by employing the Nicholas reaction chemistry of 2a as a gamma-carbonyl cation equivalent. An initial model study demonstrated the utility of Nicholas reactions of 2 in the generation of 4-arylalkynoate-Co(2)(CO)(6) complexes, and in conjunction with Gilman cuprate addition and Johnson-Claisen rearrangement chemistry, the preparation of a 3-methyl-3-vinyl-4-arylalkanoate model for velloziolide. The Nicholas reaction/gamma-carbonyl cation methodology was then employed twice in the total synthesis to incorporate onto 3,4-methylenedioxytoluene the 4-carbon unit that became the gem-dimethyltetralin portion of the velloziolide and, subsequently, to incorporate the gamma-arylalkanoate function of the epsilon-lactone.
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