Issue 2, 2021

Intramolecular Friedel–Crafts alkylation with a silylium-ion-activated cyclopropyl group: formation of tricyclic ring systems from benzyl-substituted vinylcyclopropanes and hydrosilanes

Abstract

A trityl-cation-initiated annulation of benzyl-substituted vinylcyclopropanes (VCPs) with hydrosilanes is reported. Two Si–C(sp3) bonds and one C(sp2)–C(sp3) bond are formed in this process where an intramolecular 6-endo-tet Friedel–Crafts alkylation of a silylium-ion-activated cyclopropane ring is the rate-determining key step. The reaction mechanism is proposed based on computations and is in agreement with experimental observations. The new reaction leads to an unprecedented silicon-containing 6/6/5-fused ring system. A phenethyl-substituted VCP derivative yields another unknown tricycle having 6/6/6 ring fusion by reacting in a related but different way involving a 6-exo-tet ring closure.

Graphical abstract: Intramolecular Friedel–Crafts alkylation with a silylium-ion-activated cyclopropyl group: formation of tricyclic ring systems from benzyl-substituted vinylcyclopropanes and hydrosilanes

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
07 oct. 2020
Accepted
28 oct. 2020
First published
29 oct. 2020
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2021,12, 569-575

Intramolecular Friedel–Crafts alkylation with a silylium-ion-activated cyclopropyl group: formation of tricyclic ring systems from benzyl-substituted vinylcyclopropanes and hydrosilanes

T. He, G. Wang, P. Long, S. Kemper, E. Irran, H. F. T. Klare and M. Oestreich, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 569 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05553K

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