Abstract
The switch from 5-exo- to 6-endo-trig selectivity in the radical cyclization of aromatic enynes was probed via the combination of experimental and computational methods. This transformation occurs by kinetic self-sorting of the mixture of four equilibrating radicals via 5-exo-trig cyclization, followed by homoallyl (3-exo-trig/fragmentation) ring expansion to afford the benzylic radical necessary for the final aromatizing C-C bond fragmentation. The interception of the intermediate 5-exo-trig product via β-scission of a properly positioned weak C-S bond provides direct mechanistic evidence for the 5-exo cyclization/ring expansion sequence. The overall cascade uses alkenes as synthetic equivalents of alkynes for the convenient and mild synthesis of Bu3Sn-functionalized naphthalenes.
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