Aryl/aryl diazoalkanes in rhodium(II)-catalyzed rearrangements of sulfur ylides
Lennard Kloene
A , Sripati Jana A , Claire Empel A and Rene M. Koenigs A *
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A Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen, Aachen D52074, Germany.
Australian Journal of Chemistry 76(1) 25-29 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH22168
Submitted: 31 July 2022 Accepted: 13 September 2022 Published: 8 December 2022
© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing.
Abstract
Sigmatropic rearrangement reactions are of prime interest in the construction of small complex molecules and find widespread application in drug discovery and natural product synthesis. Herein, we report on the application of aryl/aryl diazoalkanes in rhodium-catalyzed sigmatropic rearrangement reactions of allyl sulfides. Overall, a broad variety of different allyl sulfides and different aryl/aryl diazoalkanes were compatible and the desired products were obtained in high yield.
Keywords: [2,3]‐sigmatropic, aryl/aryl diazoalkanes, carbene, catalysis, diazoalkane, rearrangement, rhodium, ylides.
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