Conformationally locked heterocycles. Structure of a doubly bridged pyrimido[1,2-a]pyrimidine from the Hantzsch synthesis with 4-(2-hydroxyphenyl)but-3-en-2-one
J. Svetlik et al., Conformationally locked heterocycles. Structure of a doubly bridged pyrimido[1,2-a]pyrimidine from the Hantzsch synthesis with 4-(2-hydroxyphenyl)but-3-en-2-one, J HETERO CH, 36(1), 1999, pp. 209-215
1D and 2D nmr spectroscopy was used to assign the structure to the minor pr
oduct from cyclocondensation of 4-(2-hydroxyphenyl)but-3-en-2-one with cyan
amide, which was identified as (6R*, 9R*, 15R*, 17R*)-6,9-dimethyl-6, 9-dim
ethly-6,17:9,15-dimethano-6H,15H,17H-[1,3,5]benzoxadiazocino[4,5-d][1,3,5]b
enzoxadiazocine-7(9H)-carbonitrile, a doubly oxygen-bridged pyrimido[1,2-a]
pyrimidine derivative. The observed stereoselectivity and reaction mechanis
ms are discussed with the help of molecular mechanics and semi-empirical PM
3 calculations.