Jc. Carretero et al., A SULFINYL TRIALKOXYCARBONYL ETHENE AS A NEW ENANTIOPURE DIENOPHILE IN ASYMMETRIC DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS, Tetrahedron, 51(30), 1995, pp. 8323-8332
The synthesis and the asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions of the enantiom
erically pure (S)-p-tolylsulfinyl trialkoxycarbonyl ethene 3 with cycl
ic and acyclic dienes are reported. pi-Facial selectivity and regiosel
ectivity are very high in all studied cases. Reactions with cyclopenta
diene exhibit moderated or high exo-selectivity, which disappears with
acyclic dienes. The use of high pressure improves the pi-facial selec
tivity but does not substantially modify the endo-exo selectivity.