Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.132, No.42, 14742-14744, 2010
Memory of Chirality in Cascade Rearrangements of Enediynes
The cascade rearrangement of chiral enediynes 1c-e, involving successively 1,3-proton shift, Saito-Myers cyclization, 1,5-hydrogen atom transfer, and intramolecular coupling of the resulting biradical, proceeded at 80 degrees C to form tri- and tetracyclic heterocycles possessing a quaternary stereogenic center with a very high level of memory of chirality.