E. Bunuel et al., IMETHYL-1,3-DIOXOLAN-4-YLMETHYLEN]-5(4H)-OXAZOLONE AS THE DIENOPHILE IN ASYMMETRIC DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS .2., Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 7(5), 1996, pp. 1431-1436
Diels-Alder reaction of Z-2-phenyl-4-[(S)-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan -4
-ylmethylen]-5(4H)-oxazolone and Danishefsky's diene is studied. Therm
ally induced reaction took place at room temperature with a high diast
ereofacial selectivity and Diels-Alder adducts, obtained in very high
diastereomeric purity, were easily transformed into valuable compounds
. The stereochemistry of the adducts has been elucidated by single cry
stal X-ray structure determinations, H-1-NMR analysis and mechanistic
considerations. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd