Rhenium-Catalyzed Dehydration of Nonbenzylic and Terpene Alcohols to Olefins

Regio- and stereocontrol in rhenium-catalyzed transposition of allylic alcohols.

A hydroxyl group-directed, highly regio- and stereoselective transposition of allylic alcohols based on rhenium catalysis has been developed. The method is suitable for a direct isomerization of acetals into the thermodynamically preferred isomer as long as one of the hydroxyl groups is allylic. This method will expand the scope of rhenium-catalyzed alcohol transpositions for complex molecule s...

Rhenium-catalyzed coupling of propargyl alcohols and allyl silanes.

A mild method for the regioselective coupling of propargyl alcohols and allylsilanes is described. The method employs an air- and moisture-tolerant rhenium-oxo complex ((dppm)ReOCl3) as a catalyst for the formation of sp3-carbon-sp3-carbon bonds without the need for prior activation of the propargyl alcohol as a halide or pseudohalide. The stability of the high oxidation state rhenium complex a...

Intramolecular additions of alcohols and carboxylic acids to inert olefins catalyzed by silver(I) triflate.

[reactions: see text] Intramolecular additions of hydroxyl or carboxyl groups to inert olefins catalyzed by simple silver(I) triflate are described. Good to excellent yields can be obtained for a range of substrates under relatively mild conditions. This reaction represents one of the simplest methods to construct cyclic ethers or lactones.

Catalytic dehydration of alcohols

Rhenium-catalyzed 1,3-isomerization of allylic alcohols: scope and chirality transfer.

The scope of the triphenylsilyl perrhennate (O3ReOSiPh3, 1) catalyzed 1,3-isomerization of allylic alcohols has been thoroughly explored. It was found to be effective for a wide variety of secondary and tertiary allylic alcohol substrates bearing aryl, alkyl, and cyano substituents. Two general reaction types were found which gave high levels of product selectivity: those driven by formation of...