B. Cardillo et al., DIASTEREOSELECTIVE HETERO-DIELS-ALDER CYCLOADDITION OF A C-NITROSO COMPOUND PREPARED STARTING FROM A HOMOCHIRAL IMIDAZOLIDIN-2-ONE, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 5(8), 1994, pp. 1535-1540
By Swern oxidation of the hydroxamic acid 3, prepared from the homochi
ral imidazolidin-2-one 1, the transient C-nitroso derivative 4 is obta
ined, and its cycloaddition to either cyclohexadiene or cyclopentadien
e proceeds with high diastereoselection, owing to the conformational s
tability of 4. The stereochemical outcome of the reaction is determine
d from H-1 NMR data and further confirmed by the specific rotation val
ue of 7, obtained by cleavage of the major cycloadduct 5a.