Highly Regioselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Allenes via Lithiation of 1-Aryl-3-alkylpropadiene, Subsequent Transmetalation, and Pd-Catalyzed Negishi Coupling Reaction

Jinbo Zhao, Yu Liu, and Shengming Ma*
Shanghai Institutre of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Lu, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China
Org. Lett., 2008, 10 (8), pp 1521–1523
DOI: 10.1021/ol8001909
Publication Date (Web): March 26, 2008
Copyright © 2008 American Chemical Society

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A novel methodology for the synthesis of trisubstituted allenes is reported. Lithiation of 1-aryl-3-alkylpropadienes and subsequent transmetalation with zinc bromide followed by Pd-catalyzed Negishi coupling reactions with halides afforded the corresponding trisubstituted allenes in a highly regioselective fashion with moderate to excellent yields. A plausible regioselective lithiation mechanism was proposed on the basis of deuterium labeling experiments.

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    • Published In Issue April 17, 2008
    • Received January 26, 2008

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