Enantioselective intramolecular cycloaddition of 1,4-diene-ynes for the construction of quaternary carbon centers

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Takanori Shibata, tshibata@waseda.jp and Yu-ki Tahara. Department of Chemistry, Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 65-502B, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, 1698555, Tokyo, Japan
The enantioselective intramolecular cycloaddition of 1,4-diene-ynes proceeded using chiral rhodium catalysts and bicyclic cyclo-1,3-dienes with a quaternary carbon stereocenter were obtained in good yield with excellent ee.