Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.138, No.41, 13501-13504, 2016
New Initiation Modes for Directed Carbonylative C-C Bond Activation: Rhodium-Catalyzed (3+1+2) Cycloadditions of Aminomethylcyclopropanes
Under carbonylative conditions, neutral Rh(I)-systems modified with weak donor ligands (AsPh3 or 1,4-oxathiane) undergo N-Cbz, N-benzoyl, or N-Ts directed insertion into the proximal C-C bond of aminomethylcyclopropanes to generate rhodacyclopentanone intermediates. These are trapped by N-tethered alkenes to provide complex perhydroisoindoles.