Phosphine catalysed (5 + 1) annulation of ynone/cinnamates with primary amines

Jhi Ametovski, Uttam Dutta, Laura Burchill, Debabrata Maiti, David W. Lupton, Joel F. Hooper

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Abstract

The (5 + 1) annulation of ynone/cinnamates and related substrates with protected primary amines gives rise to isoquinolones, pyrrolidinones and pyrrolopiperazines in good to excellent yields under phosphine catalysis. The reaction is viable with chiral phosphines, although the selectivity is poor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13071-13074
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume53
Issue number97
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2017

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