Triflic Acid-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 1,6-Enynes: Facile Access to Carbo- and Azaheterocycles

J Org Chem. 2020 Feb 21;85(4):2406-2414. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b03112. Epub 2020 Jan 7.

Abstract

A new and efficient strategy for enynes cyclization catalyzed by triflic acid has been described. Various valuable carbocycle-fused and heterocycle-fused ketones were easily accessed by the formation of new C-C and C-O bond under benign reaction conditions. This protocol also provides another opportunity to construct polycyclic single-nitrogen ketones via a cation-induced cascade cyclization of polyenynes. Furthermore, antiviral bioassays revealed that a few compounds exhibited good antiviral activity against tobacco mosaic virus at a concentration of 200 μg mL-1.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkynes*
  • Catalysis
  • Charcoal*
  • Cyclization
  • Isomerism
  • Mesylates
  • Molecular Structure

Substances

  • Alkynes
  • Mesylates
  • Charcoal
  • trifluoromethanesulfonic acid