1,4-Benzoquinone derivatives bearing trifluoromethyl, perfluorobutyl and perfluorohexyl groups were prepared and employed in the deprotection of silyl ethers. The fluorous character of these compounds was examined by measuring the partition coefficient between the fluorous and organic solvents. The benzoquinone derivatives showed significant fluorous character, indicating that they can be recov...

Aryne intermediates are versatile and important reactive intermediates for natural product and polymer synthesis. 2-Naphthynes are relatively unexplored because few methods provide precursors to these intermediates, especially for those bearing additional substituents. Here we report a general synthetic strategy to access 2-naphthyne precursors through an Asao-Yamamoto benzannulation of ortho-(...

While the chemistry of ferrocene is rich and widely explored, this not case for isoelectronic cobaltocenium cation. Here we report first syntheses triflate substituted cations based on respective (cyclopentadienone)(cylopentadienyl)cobalt(I) complexes, which have been reported by Vollhardt et al. ca. forty years ago. Reaction with triflic anhydride affords cations, upon treatment lithium diisop...

Two syntheses of the C(7)–C(16)-fragment 41 of epothilone D 2 were developed that were based on tin(IV) bromide mediated reactions of 5,6-difunctionalised hex-2-enylstannanes with aldehydes. In the first synthesis, (5S)-6-tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy-5-hydroxy-2-methylhex-2-enyl(tributyl)stannane 20 was reacted with (E)-but-2-enal to give (2S,7R,4Z,8E)-1-tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy-5-methyldeca-4,...

A powerful method for the synthesis of 2-oxazolines from silyl-protected β-hydroxyamides is reported. Using diethylaminosulfur trifluoride (DAST) or its tetrafluoroborate salt (XtalFluor-E), silyl-protected β-amidoalcohols can be in situ deprotected and dehydrated to give 2-oxazolines in good yields. The utility of this approach was demonstrated by preparing the first reported oligomer of [2,4'...