Cyclooctatetraenes through Valence Isomerization of Cubanes: Scope and Limitations.
Sevan D HoustonHui XingPaul V BernhardtTimothy J Vanden BergJohn TsanaktsidisG Paul SavageCraig M WilliamsPublished in: Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (2019)
The scope and limitations of Eaton's rhodium(I)-catalyzed valence isomerization of cubane to cyclooctatetraene (COT) were investigated in the context of functional group tolerability, multiple substitution modes and the ability of cubane-alcohols to undergo one-pot tandem Ley-Griffith Wittig reactions in the absence of a transition metal catalyst.