Merging nucleophilic phosphine catalysis and photocatalysis for the rapid assembly of 2-oxabicyclo-[2.1.1]hexane scaffolds from feedstock allyl alcohols.

ABSTRACT: The previously unreported combination of nucleophilic phosphine catalysis and energy transfer catalysis allows for the rapid construction of structurally distinct 2-oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes (2-oxa-BCH) from readily available building blocks with high atom economy. Previous multistep routes to these important phenyl ring bioisosteres have largely depended on the use of bespoke strain-release agents or on multiple post-functionalisation reactions to access structural diversity of the scaffold. In contrast, this cascade reaction allows the medicinal chemist to exploit the breadth of commercial allyl alcohols to synthesise systematically diverse 2-oxa-BCH architectures. Using a combination of polar and radical disconnections in the same reaction flask, every position of the scaffold can be sub

SUBMITTER: Whalley DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11575532 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature