Chemical Communications

Formate as a CO surrogate for cascade processes: Rh-catalyzed cooperative decarbonylation and asymmetric Pauson–Khand-type cyclization reactions

HW Lee, ASC Chan, FY Kwong

Index: Lee, Hang Wai; Chan, Albert S. C.; Kwong, Fuk Yee Chemical Communications, 2007 , # 25 p. 2633 - 2635

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Citation Number: 16

Abstract

A rhodium-(S)-xyl-BINAP complex-catalyzed tandem formate decarbonylation and [2+ 2+ 1] carbonylative cyclization is described; this cooperative process utilizes formate as a condensed CO source, and the newly developed cascade protocol can be extended to its enantioselective version, providing up to 94% ee of the cyclopentenone adducts.