Bi Hongyan, Chu Jiaxin, Zhao Xiao-Li, Wang Sunewang R
Chang-Kung Chuang Institute, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Chemical Processes, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
Org Lett. 2024 Feb 23;26(7):1437-1441. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00062. Epub 2024 Feb 12.
Described herein is a nickel(II)-catalyzed regioselective rearrangement of 5,5-disubstituted cyclopentadienes to fully functionalized CH-cyclopentadienes via successive 1,5-sigmatropic shifts of the ester group on the quaternary carbon and hydrogen under mild basic conditions. The obtained CH-cyclopentadienes were also readily applied in the preparation of highly functionalized dibenzo[,]azulene derivatives in two steps.