Mc. Carreno et al., DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS OF 1-SULFINYLDIENES WITH AN ENDOCYCLIC DOUBLE-BOND - THE UNEXPECTED EVOLUTION OF THE N-METHYLMALEIMIDE ADDUCTS, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 5(8), 1994, pp. 1439-1442
R)-(1E,3E)-2-Cyclohexenyl-1-vinyl-p-tolylsulfoxide 1a and (R)-(1E, 3E)
-N-methyl-3-[2-(p-tolylsulfinyl) vinyl]-1H-indole Ib reacted with N-me
thylmaleimide to give Diels-Alder adducts whose in situ evolution thro
ugh a tandem sulfoxide-sulfenate rearrangement/dehydration/[4+2]-cyclo
addition sequence afforded the all-cis substituted bicycle [2,2,2] oct
ene 7 in a highly stereoselective manner.