S. Shimada et al., BORON COMPOUND AS A TRAPPING REAGENT OF ALPHA-HYDROXY O-QUINODIMETHANES IN THE DIELS-ALDER REACTION, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 66(4), 1993, pp. 1254-1257
The Diels-Alder reaction of methyl 4-hydroxy-2-butenoate and alpha-hyd
roxy o-quinodimethanes, generated from 1,2-dihydrobenzocyclobuten-1-ol
derivatives by thermolysis, proceeds by the use of phenylboronic acid
as a template. Boron reagents trap an alpha-hydroxy o-quinodimethane
hylene-6-(1-hydroxyalkylidene)-1,3-cyclohexadiene) generated photochem
ically from o-tolualdehyde and the Diels-Alder reaction with methyl 4-
hydroxy-2-butenoate occurs to give the cycloadducts.