Preparation and Reactivity of Acyclic Chiral Allylzinc Species by a Zinc‐Brook Rearrangement

Transition-Metal-Free Synthesis of Polyfunctional Triarylmethanes and 1,1-Diarylalkanes by Sequential Cross-Coupling of Benzal Diacetates with Organozinc Reagents

A variety of functionalized triarylmethane and 1,1-diarylalkane derivatives were prepared via a transition-metal-free, one-pot and two-step procedure, involving the reaction of various benzal diacetates with organozinc reagents. A sequential cross-coupling is enabled by changing the solvent from THF to toluene, and a two-step SN 1-type mechanism was proposed and evidenced by experimental studies. The synthetic utility of the method is further demonstrated by the synthesis of several biologically relevant molecules, such as an anti-tuberculosis agent, an anti-breast cancer agent, a precursor of a sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulator, and a FLAP inhibitor.

Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of Fully Substituted Silyl Enol Ethers of Ketones and Aldehydes in Acyclic Systems

The regio- and stereoselective preparation of fully substituted and stereodefined silyl enol ethers of ketones and aldehydes through an allyl-Brook rearrangement is reported. This fast and efficient method proceeds from a mixture of E and Z isomers of easily accessible starting materials.

Pd-Catalyzed Selective Remote Ring Opening of Polysubstituted Cyclopropanols

The distant functionalization of ω-ene cyclopropanols is induced by a Pd-catalyzed Heck reaction triggering a "metal-walk" and selective ring-opening of the three-membered ring. This approach provides a new class of acyclic aldehydes possessing concomitantly a stereodefined double bond and a quaternary carbon stereocenter α to the carbonyl group.