Computational study on the iodobenzene-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of a δ-alkynyl β-ketoester

Smaher Butt, Arantxa Rodriguez, Jean-Marc Sotiropoulos, Wesley Moran

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Abstract

The iodobenzene-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of a δ-alkynyl β-ketoester has been investigated by density functional theory (DFT) calculations at the CPCM(acetonitrile)/B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p)//B3LYP/SDD(I) levels. Three different mechanisms were considered for this process, and of the three, activation of the alkyne by a hypervalent iodine species followed by cyclization was found to be the most likely pathway based upon our computational results.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)19-26
Number of pages8
JournalArkivoc
Volume2022
Issue number7
Early online date12 Jun 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Jun 2022

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