Propargyl-Claisen rearrangement cascade reaction

Scheme 5 Cascade reaction consisting of propargyl Claisen rearrangement and cyclocondensation.

In a convenient one-pot process, easily accessed propargyl vinyl ethers and aromatic amines are effectively converted into tetra- and pentasubstituted 5-methylpyrroles, which can fnrther be transformed into 5-formylpyrroles via 2-iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX)-mediated oxidation (Binder and Kirsch 2006). The cascade reaction proceeds through a silver(l)-catalyzed propargyl Claisen rearrangement, an amine condensation, and a gold(l)-catalyzed 5-exo-dig heterocyclization, as shown in Schane 11.4. 

Saito and Hanzawa extended their cydoisomerization route, involving the amino-Claisen rearrangement-cyclization cascade reaction (Scheme 9.68), to a one-pot procedure toward the functionalized 2,3-dimethylindole derivatives 281 (Scheme 9.97) [226]. The key propargyl anilines 280 were generated in situ via the propargylation of substituted anilines 278 with the propargrl bromide 279. 

Kirsch et al. reported that vinyl propargyl ethers 36 could be converted into the densely substituted furans 38 via the Au(I)-catalyzed cycloisomerization reaction (Scheme 8.17) [125] A variety of substituted furans 38 (Table 8.1) could be obtained under very mild reaction conditions at only 2 mol% catalyst loading. It is believed that this cascade process begins vith the Au(I)-catalyzed Claisen-type rearrangement of 36 leading to the formation of skipped allenyl ketone 37, vhich, upon the Au(I)-catalyzed 5-exo-dig-cyclization, provides furan 38. 

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