Co-reporter:David Tymann, André Klüppel, Wolf Hiller, and Martin Hiersemann
Organic Letters 2014 Volume 16(Issue 16) pp:4062-4065
Publication Date(Web):August 1, 2014
DOI:10.1021/ol501204m
The uncatalyzed intramolecular carbonyl ene (ICE) reaction of substituted ε,ζ-unsaturated α-keto esters to terpenoid-related building blocks has been studied. We found a beneficial effect of a silyl substituent at the ene segment on the kinetics of the ICE reaction. A generalizable and scalable synthesis of ε,ζ-unsaturated α-keto esters from allylic alcohols was developed.