DIASTEREOSPECIFICITY OF THE REACTION OF A N AZOMETHINE YLID ISSUED FROM THE HENYL-3-METHOXYCARBONYL-3,4-DIHYDRO-BETA-CARBOLINE WITH SOME DIPOLAROPHILIC OLEFINS
T. Lakhlifi et al., DIASTEREOSPECIFICITY OF THE REACTION OF A N AZOMETHINE YLID ISSUED FROM THE HENYL-3-METHOXYCARBONYL-3,4-DIHYDRO-BETA-CARBOLINE WITH SOME DIPOLAROPHILIC OLEFINS, Bulletin des Societes chimiques belges, 103(4), 1994, pp. 169-175
The synthesis of the henyl-3-methoxycarbonyl-3,4-dihydro-beta-carbolin
e was described. This compound is an azomethine ylid precursor which r
eacts diastereo-specifically with activated dipolarophilic olefines to
yield cycloadducts involving at the same time, the b-carboline and th
e dehydro-nor-tropane moities. The diastereochemistry of the 1,3-dipol
ar cycloaddition of cyclic azomethine ylids towards the endo rule was
reinvistigated.