Silver-Catalyzed Formal Inverse Electron-Demand Diels–Alder Reaction of 1,2-Diazines and Siloxy Alkynes

 

 

Yunus E. Türkmen, Timothy J. Montavon, Sergey A. Kozmin, and Viresh H. Rawal

A highly effective silver-catalyzed formal inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder reaction of 1,2-diazines and siloxy alkynes has been developed. The reactions provide ready access to a wide range of siloxy naphthalenes and anthracenes, which are formed in good to high yields, under mild reaction conditions, using low catalyst loadings.

 

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 134: 22 (19 May 2012): 9062–65