Song Liu, Tao Zhang, Lei Zhu, Kangbao Zhong, Jianxian Gong, Zhen Yang*, Ruopeng Bai*, Yu Lan*
Chem. Commun., 2018,54(96), 13551-13554
Theoretical calculations have been performed to investigate the mechanism and stereoselectivity of rhodium-catalysed intramolecular [3+2] cycloaddition for construction of a substituted hexahydropentalene complex. A new C–C bond cleavage mechanism, retro-Aldol-type, is proposed and verified for this Rh-catalysed [3+2] cycloaddition reaction.
