Cobalt(I)-catalyzed Neutral Diels-Alder Reactions of Oxygen-functionalized Acyclic 1,3-Dienes with Alkynes

Abstract
The cobalt-catalyzed Diels-Alder reaction of alkoxy-substituted 1,3-butadienes with terminal and internal alkynes is described. While the reaction of 1-alkoxy derivatives gave the aromatic hydrocarbons upon elimination of alcohol from the alkoxy-substituted dihydroaromatic intermediates, the reactions with 2-alkoxy derivatives generated stable dihydroaromatic enol ethers in good to excellent chemical yields and good to high regioselectivities for unsymmetrical starting materials. The enol ethers can be easily hydrolysed to the corresponding β,γ-unsaturated ketones in a one pot reaction sequence or used in cyclopropanation or other subsequent chemical transformations.

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