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Catalytic and photochemical cycloadditions of alkynes
Fadeev, Aleksandr ; Kotora, Martin (advisor) ; Pour, Milan (referee) ; Parkan, Kamil (referee)
Novel approaches to utilizing alkynes in transition metal-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloadditions and photochemical [2+2] cycloadditions were investigated with respect to the potential applications of these transformations. First, a chemo- and regioselective fully intermolecular cocyclotrimerization of internal alkynes with a commercially available ethynyl boronate was developed using Ru-catalysis and its mechanism was examined using DFT calculations. The established method allows for a straightforward preparation of various 1,4-diborylated benzenes, which can serve as multifunctional building blocks in organic synthesis. In particular, the products can be used in cross-coupling, carbonylation and oxidation reactions to access a broad variety of contiguously substituted arenes, such as natural products mirandamycin and violaceoid C. Second, a comparative study of catalytic and uncatalyzed photocycloadditions between alkynes and quinones was undertaken. Contrary to the recent reports, irradiation with visible light alone is sufficient to obtain not only the [2+2] cycloaddition products, but also several products of cascade transformations. Thus, depending on the structure of the quinone used, either carbo- or heterocycloaddition pathway is mainly realized, giving rise either to annulated cyclobutenes or...
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