REGIOCONTROLLED AND STEREOCONTROLLED ALKYLATIVE RING-OPENING OF UNSYMMETRICAL 8-OXABICYCLO[3.2.1]OCTENE SYSTEMS - SYNTHESIS OF HIGHLY SUBSTITUTED HYDROXYCYCLOHEPTENYL SULFONES
O. Arjona et al., REGIOCONTROLLED AND STEREOCONTROLLED ALKYLATIVE RING-OPENING OF UNSYMMETRICAL 8-OXABICYCLO[3.2.1]OCTENE SYSTEMS - SYNTHESIS OF HIGHLY SUBSTITUTED HYDROXYCYCLOHEPTENYL SULFONES, Tetrahedron letters, 34(46), 1993, pp. 7451-7454
The organolithium mediated bridge opening of unsymmetrically substitut
ed 8-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octene derivatives 6, 7, proceeds with complete
regio- and stereoselectivity to afford highly functionalized hydroxycy
cloheptenyl sulfones 10, 12 in high yields. It was also found possible
to control the conjugate addition/beta-elimination sequence towards t
he synthesis of adducts 8,9, 11.