S. Baskaran et al., 1,3-DIPOLAR CYCLOADDITION REACTION OF ALPHA,BETA-UNSATURATED ESTERS AND LACTONES WITH DIAZOMETHANE, Tetrahedron, 52(12), 1996, pp. 4515-4526
1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of diazomethane to the alpha,beta-unsaturate
d esters and lactones such as 2-4, 6-8, 10 and 13 occurs in a stereose
lective manner affording conjugated Delta(2)-pyrazolines. E and Z isom
ers of D-mannitol lead to identical product which was cyclised to inve
stigate the absolute stereochemistry of the product. The regiospecific
ities of all the reactions are consistent with FMO coefficients obtain
ed through AM1 calculations.