Double 1,4-rhodium migration cascade in rhodium-catalysed arylative ring-opening/spirocyclisation of (3-arylcyclobutylidene)acetates†
Takanori Matsuda,Yuya Suda,Akira Takahashi
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 01/31/2012 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C2CC18098G
Abstract
1,4-Rhodium migration occurs twice during the course of the rhodium-catalysed arylative ring-opening/spirocyclisation reaction of (3-arylcyclobutylidene)acetates with sodium tetraarylborates to afford ketones possessing a 1,1′-spirobiindane skeleton.
