CC BY-ND-NC 4.0 · Synlett 2019; 30(04): 393-396
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611640
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Gold-Catalyzed Cyclization/Intermolecular Methylene Transfer ­Sequence of O-Propargylic Oximes Derived from Glyoxylates

Shinya Gima
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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Keigo Shiga
a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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a   Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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b   Research and Analytical Center for Giant Molecules, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku Sendai, 980-8578, Japan   Email: itaru-n@tohoku.ac.jp
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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP16H00996 in Precisely Designed Catalysts with Customized Scaffolding.
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Publication History

Received: 25 September 2018

Accepted after revision: 18 November 2018

Publication Date:
06 December 2018 (online)


Published as part of the 30 Years SYNLETT – Pearl Anniversary Issue

Abstract

We successfully extended our gold-catalyzed skeletal rearrangement reaction of O-propargylic oximes through C=N bond cleavage to include substrates having an ester group on the oxime moiety, affording the corresponding 2-isoxazolines having an alkoxycarbonylmethylene group at the 4-position in good to high yields. Our mechanistic studies indicated that the transfer of the alkoxycarbonylmethylene group proceeded in an intermolecular manner, confirming that the reaction proceeds through cyclization followed by intermolecular transfer of the alkoxycarbonylmethylene group.

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