UNEXPECTED SELECTIVITY BETWEEN PINACOLIC REARRANGEMENT AND INTRAMOLECULAR DISPLACEMENT IN THE ACID-PROMOTED EPOXIDE RING-OPENING OF -CYANO-3,8-DIOXABICYCLO[3.2.1.0(2,4)]OCT-6-ENDO-YL ESTERS
S. Allemann et P. Vogel, UNEXPECTED SELECTIVITY BETWEEN PINACOLIC REARRANGEMENT AND INTRAMOLECULAR DISPLACEMENT IN THE ACID-PROMOTED EPOXIDE RING-OPENING OF -CYANO-3,8-DIOXABICYCLO[3.2.1.0(2,4)]OCT-6-ENDO-YL ESTERS, Tetrahedron, 50(8), 1994, pp. 2469-2478
Acid promoted epoxide ring opening of exo,6-exo-epohy-7-oxa-bicyclo[2.
2.1]hept-2-endo-yl acetate is accompanied by a Wagnet-Meerwein (pinaco
lic) rearrangemant when run in CH2Cl2/HSO3-F and by endo acetoxy group
participation when run in CF3CH(OH)CF3/HClO4. An efficient and stereo
selective trans-double hydroxylation of centers C(5) and C(6) of the '
'naked sugar'' ,4R)-2-exo-cyano-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-endo-yl (1S'
)-camphanate is also presented.