Abstract
AbstractReadily available alkenylphenols react with allenes under rhodium catalysis to provide valuable 2,2‐disubstituted 2H‐chromenes. The whole process, which involves the cleavage of one CH bond of the alkenyl moiety and the participation of the allene as a one‐carbon cycloaddition partner, can be considered a simple, versatile, and atom‐economical (5+1) heteroannulation. The reaction tolerates a broad range of substituents both in the alkenylphenol and in the allene, and most probably proceeds through a mechanism involving a rhodium‐catalyzed CC coupling followed by two sequential pericyclic processes.
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