Aldehydes cycloaddition with diynes

A novel cycloaddition of diynes with aldehydes is catalyzed by the same metal system, giving rise to bicyclic a-pyrans after 1,5-hydrogen shifts. Yields of these sensitive compounds are remaritably high (equation 52). ... 

The Rh(I)/dppf complex-catalysed 2-i-2-i-2-cycloaddition of oximes and diynes formed substituted pyridines in moderate to good yields (88%), under mild conditions. A one-pot procedure has been developed using aldehydes.The Ni-catalysed 2 -I-2 -I-2-cycloaddition of isocyanates (117) with 1,3-dienes (118) in MeCN produced 6-substituted dihydropyrimidine 2,4-diones (119). A key intermediate in this reaction is a five-membered azanickelacyclic species (Scheme 35). " The enantioselective cationic Rh(I)-catalysed 2-i-2-i-2-cycloaddition of diynes and isocyanates formed axially chiral pyridones with high ees (82%). The unique source of chirality is provided by a system containing [Rh(cod)Cl]2, l,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane, and the silver phosphate salt Ag(5)-TRIP. " " The Rh-catalysed 2-I-2-I-2-cycloaddition of diynes to sulfonimines in DCE, at r.t. to 80 °C, yielded 1,2-dihydropyridines in good yields (54-86%) and enantioselectivity (61-96%... 

Very few Ni-allene complexes have been isolated and characterized, but many such species have been postulated as key intermediates in organic transformations catalyzed by Ni precursors. Notable examples of such applications include the cyclization of two arynes and one allene to give 10-methylene-9,l-dihydrophenanthrenes, " the one-pot coupling of allenes with aldehydes and silanes to give allyl silyl ethers, selective [3+2]-cyclization of allenes and Fischer carbenes, regio- and stereoselective, three-component assembly of allenes with aryl iodides and alkenyl-zirconium reagents, and regio- and chemoselective [2+2+2]-cycloaddition of electron-deficient diynes with allenes to polysubstituted benzene derivatives. ... 

Transition metal catalyzed hetero-[2+2+2] cycloaddition of alkynes to compounds with a multiple carbon-heteroatom bond such as isocyanates, carbon dioxide, nitriles, aldehydes, and ketones leads to heterocyclic arenes and unsaturated heterocycles. These reactions are classified into two groups coupling of diynes with multiple carbon-heteroatom... 

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