A. Srikrishna et al., CHIRAL SYNTHONS FROM CARVONE .11. A REGIOSPECIFIC RADICAL ANNULATION STRATEGY TO FUNCTIONALIZED CHIRAL BICYCLO[3.3.1]NONANES, Tetrahedron, 50(29), 1994, pp. 8781-8792
A radical annulation, i.e. an intermolecular radical Michael addition
followed by an intramolecular Michael addition of the resultant radica
l (radical cyclisation) has been employed for the construction of chir
al functionalised bicyclo[3.3,1]-nonanes. Thus reaction of carvone hyd
rohalides 7 with (n)Bu(3)SnH and AIBN in the presence of excess of rad
icophiles 4 furnished, regiospecifically bicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes 8-14, i
ntroducing three new chiral centres in a stereoselective manner. Analo
gously the bromide 18 generated the bridgehead substituted bicyclo[3.3
.1]-nonanes 19-21.