Palladium-catalyzed formal cycloaddition of silacyclobutanes with enones: synthesis of eight-membered cyclic silyl enolates

Org Lett. 2008 Jun 5;10(11):2199-201. doi: 10.1021/ol800603z. Epub 2008 May 6.

Abstract

Treatment of silacyclobutanes with enones under palladium catalysis resulted in formal cycloaddition to yield the corresponding eight-membered ring. The reaction provides a facile and convergent access to synthetically useful eight-membered cyclic silyl enolates.