Rhodium-catalyzed cycloadditions between alkenyl isocyanates and alkynes: study of scope, mechanism and applications toward total synthesis
| dc.contributor.author | Friedman, Rebecca Ann Keller, author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rovis, Tomislav, 1968-, advisor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kennan, Alan J., committee member | |
| dc.contributor.author | Prieto, Amy L. (Amy Lucia), committee member | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shi, Yian, committee member | |
| dc.contributor.author | McNeil, Michael R., committee member | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-01-03T04:52:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-01-03T04:52:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Rhodium-catalyzed cycloadditions between alkenyl isocyanates and unsymmetrical, internal alkynes has been studied. A wide variety of alkynes have proven successful components in the [2+2+2] cycloaddition. Excellent yields and enantioselectivities have been achieved in the resulting indolizidinone products. Furthermore, a single regioisomer is obtained for the vast majority of alkynes subjected to reaction conditions. A logical explanation for the highly regioselective insertion for internal, unsymmetrical alkynes was provided. Small variations in the electronics and/or steric bulk of the alkyne substitution were sufficient to predictably control the insertion of the alkyne into the initial rhodacycle. Mechanistic insight into the rhodium-catalyzed [4+2+2] cycloaddition between dienyl isocyanates and alkynes has been achieved. A series of competition and slow addition experiments, alongside analysis of enantioselectivity and product formation, provided evidence for a proposed mechanism of the [4+2+2] cycloaddition. It was determined that the diene preferentially coordinates to the rhodium, in the presence of a terminal alkyne, to provide eight-membered bicyclic azocene products. Steps towards the total synthesis of natural product Secu'amamine A have been made. The bicyclic core of the molecule has been successfully synthesized utilizing rhodium-catalyzed [2+2+2] methodology developed within the Rovis group. Additionally, a successful, diastereoselective 1,4-reduction of the resulting vinylogous amide product and subsequent deprotection of an enyne side-chain provided an intermediate that is hypothetically two steps (an alpha-oxidation and 2+2+1 cycloaddition) away from Secu'amamine A. | |
| dc.format.medium | born digital | |
| dc.format.medium | doctoral dissertations | |
| dc.identifier | Friedman_colostate_0053A_10119.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10217/44960 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 2000-2019 | |
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| dc.subject | organometallic | |
| dc.subject | methodology | |
| dc.subject | cycloaddition | |
| dc.subject | Alkynes | |
| dc.subject | Rhodium catalysts | |
| dc.subject | Ring formation (Chemistry) | |
| dc.subject | Combinatorial chemistry | |
| dc.title | Rhodium-catalyzed cycloadditions between alkenyl isocyanates and alkynes: study of scope, mechanism and applications toward total synthesis | |
| dc.type | Text | |
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| thesis.degree.discipline | Chemistry | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Colorado State University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) |