Tanaka Ken, Hojo Daiki, Shoji Takeaki, Hagiwara Yuji, Hirano Masao
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
Org Lett. 2007 May 24;9(11):2059-62. doi: 10.1021/ol0704587. Epub 2007 Apr 26.
Regio-, diastereo-, and enantioselective intermolecular [4 + 2] carbocyclizations of vinylarylaldehydes with alkenes and alkynes leading to substituted tetralones and 1-naphthols have been developed by using a cationic rhodium(I)/dppb or dppp complex as a catalyst.