M. Felderhoff et R. Sustmann, DIELS-ALDER REACTION OF AN ELECTRON-DEFIC IENT C-ACYLIMINE WITH TETRAETHOXYETHYLENE, Monatshefte fuer Chemie, 127(8-9), 1996, pp. 967-970
The synthesis of two C-acylimines and their reactivity towards electro
n rich dienophiles in Diels-Alder reactions is described. A [4 + 2] cy
cloadduct is obtained only in one case: from the reaction of a C-acyli
mine substituted by two methoxycarbonyl groups with tetraethoxyethylen
e. No [2 + 2] cycloadducts are observed.