2-Cyclohexen-1-one → 3-Phenylcyclohexanone

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a solution of phenylboronic acid (0.630 g, 5.17 mmol) and 2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl (0.0193 g, 0.0310 mmol) in 10:1 dioxane/water (2.5 ml) was added acetylacetonatobis(ethylene)rhodium(I) (0.00800 g, 0.0310 mmol), and the reaction was degassed with argon. To this was added cyclohex-2-enone (0.100 ml, 1.03 mmol), and the reaction was heated to 120° C. for 16 hours in a screw-top vial. The reaction was allowed to cool to ambient temperature, diluted with EtOAc, and washed with twice with saturated sodium bicarbonate and once with saturated sodium chloride. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. The crude material was purified on a Biotage SP1 system eluting with a linear gradient of 5-50% EtOAc in hexanes to yield 60 mg of the title compound (33.3% yield).

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