Abstract
Substituted pentynylcyclopentene precursors for the synthesis of pentalenene, pentalenic acid, and silphinene by intramolecular Pauson-Khand cycloaddition reaction have been prepared from 2-methylcyclopentanone via 5-methylcyclopentenyllithium. Conjugate addition of the latter to BHT methacrylate followed by methylation were the key steps in enyne syntyhesis. Reaction of 4,4-dimethyl-5(5-methylcyclopentenyl)-1-pentyne with Co 2 (CO) 8 produces two diastereomeric triquinane enones in an overall yield of 51%, with the exo-9-methyl isomer predominating by ratio of 8:1. This material was converted into pentalenene in two steps. Pauson-Khand reaction of the TBDMS ether of 4,4-dimethyl-5-(5-methylcyclopentenyl)-1-pentyn-3-ol proceeds in 33%
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