Nucleophilic transition metal based cyclization of allenes

Roderick W. Bates*, Vachiraporn Satcharoen

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Abstract

Allenes bearing a pro-nucleophile can be cyclized on treatment with a wide variety of transition metal catalysts and reagents: palladium, cobalt, ruthenium, silver, rhodium, lanthanides, gold. The nucleophilic groups can be nitrogen, oxygen or carbon based and can form rings of various sizes, often with good control of stereochemistry. A variety of mechanisms can be proposed for these reactions and the metal complex can be used to introduce a variety of functional groups during cyclization. Several heterocyclic natural products have been prepared using a selection of these reactions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12-21
Number of pages10
JournalChemical Society Reviews
Volume31
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 6 2002
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Chemistry

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