Nickel(0)-Mediated Sequential Addition of Carbon Dioxide and Aryl Aldehydes into Terminal Allenes

Abstract

[reaction: see text] Nickel-mediated sequential addition of carbon dioxide and aryl aldehydes into terminal allenes is reported. The reaction proceeded in a diastereoselective manner to afford alpha-methylene-gamma-hydroxy carboxylic acids, which allowed stereoselective preparation of cis-beta, gamma-disubstituted alpha-methylene-gamma-lactones.