STEREOSELECTIVITY IN THE PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON-TRANSFER (PET) PROMOTED INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLIZATIONS OF 1-ALKENYL-2-SILYL-PIPERIDINES AND 1-ALKENYL-2-SILYL-PYRROLIDINES - RAPID CONSTRUCTION OF 1-AZABICYCLO[M.N.O] ALKANES AND STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF (+ -)-ISORETRONECANOL AND (+/-)-EPILUPININE/
G. Pandey et al., STEREOSELECTIVITY IN THE PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON-TRANSFER (PET) PROMOTED INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLIZATIONS OF 1-ALKENYL-2-SILYL-PIPERIDINES AND 1-ALKENYL-2-SILYL-PYRROLIDINES - RAPID CONSTRUCTION OF 1-AZABICYCLO[M.N.O] ALKANES AND STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF (+ -)-ISORETRONECANOL AND (+/-)-EPILUPININE/, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (2), 1996, pp. 219-224
PET promoted cyclisations of 1-alkenyl-2-silyl-pyrrolidines and -piper
idines 9a-d to 1-aza-bicyclo[m.n.0]alkanes have been found to be stere
oselective. The five-membered ring formation gives predominantly cis p
roducts while six-membered rings are trans. Application of such cyclis
ations to the synthesis of (+/-)-isoretronecanol 22a, (+/-)-epilupinin
e 29 and related alkaloids has been demonstrated.