Abstract
1,4-Dien-3-ones substituted with pendant arylethyl side chains attached at C-1 were readily prepared from substituted dihydrocinnamaldehydes. Treatment with TiCl4 at low temperature effected domino Nazarov electrocyclization - arene trapping within 5 min to give racemic benzohydrindenones in near-quantitative yield and with complete diastereoselectivity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 375-385 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Canadian Journal of Chemistry |
Volume | 82 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2004 |
Keywords
- Domino process
- Electrophilic aromatic substitution
- Lewis acid
- Nazarov cyclization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- General Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry