Jb. Behr et al., CHIRAL N-DIENYL-L-PYROGLUTAMIC ESTERS IN ASYMMETRIC HETERO-DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS WITH ACYLNITROSO DIENOPHILES, Tetrahedron, 52(9), 1996, pp. 3283-3302
Asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction of the N-dienyl-L-pyroglutamic esters
1a-h with acyl nitroso dienophiles 4a-h gave diastereoisomeric adducts
6a-n, 7a-n with 12-90 % de, depending on solvents and temperature. An
interpretation was gived. The ''allylic effect'' ((pi C=C-sigmaN-C)M
O interactions) was found to be effective to account for the conformat
ions of the adducts.