Volume 52, Issue 24
Communication

Palladium‐Catalyzed Allylic Substitution at Four‐Membered‐Ring Systems: Formation of η1‐Allyl Complexes and Electrocyclic Ring Opening

Dr. Davide Audisio

Max‐Planck‐Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser‐Wilhelm‐Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany) http://www.kofo.mpg.de/maulide

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Dr. Gopinadhanpillai Gopakumar

Max‐Planck‐Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser‐Wilhelm‐Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany) http://www.kofo.mpg.de/maulide

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Dr. Lan‐Gui Xie

Max‐Planck‐Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser‐Wilhelm‐Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany) http://www.kofo.mpg.de/maulide

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Dr. Luís G. Alves

Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049‐001 Lisbon (Portugal)

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Cornelia Wirtz

Max‐Planck‐Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser‐Wilhelm‐Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany) http://www.kofo.mpg.de/maulide

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Prof. Dr. Ana M. Martins

Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049‐001 Lisbon (Portugal)

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Prof. Dr. Walter Thiel

Max‐Planck‐Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser‐Wilhelm‐Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany) http://www.kofo.mpg.de/maulide

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Dr. Christophe Farès

Max‐Planck‐Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser‐Wilhelm‐Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany) http://www.kofo.mpg.de/maulide

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Dr. Nuno Maulide

Corresponding Author

E-mail address: maulide@kofo.mpg.de

Max‐Planck‐Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser‐Wilhelm‐Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany) http://www.kofo.mpg.de/maulide

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First published: 06 May 2013
Citations: 21

We are grateful to the Max‐Planck‐Society and the Max‐Planck‐Institut für Kohlenforschung for generous support of our research programs. This work was funded by the ERC (Starting Grant 278872 to N.M.). The invaluable support of our NMR, HPLC, and GC departments as well as Dr. R. Goddard (MPI Mülheim) for crystallographic analysis, is acknowledged. L.G.A. and A.M.M. are grateful to FCT, Portugal (SFRH/BD/44295/2008 and PEst‐OE/QUI/UI0100/2011) for financial support.

Abstract

Caught in the act: A series of unique η1‐allyl palladium complexes of four‐membered cyclic systems bearing β‐hydrogens were prepared (see structure). Their unusual structure, reactivity, and unprecedented propensity for undergoing pericyclic reactions were uncovered.

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