HIGHLY STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESES OF SPIROACETAL ENOL ETHERS, METHOXYCARBONYLMETHYLENE-1,6-DIOXASPIRO[4.5]DECANE AND METHOXYCARBONYLMETHYLENE-1,6-DIOXASPIRO[4.5]DECANE
H. Toshima et al., HIGHLY STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESES OF SPIROACETAL ENOL ETHERS, METHOXYCARBONYLMETHYLENE-1,6-DIOXASPIRO[4.5]DECANE AND METHOXYCARBONYLMETHYLENE-1,6-DIOXASPIRO[4.5]DECANE, Tetrahedron, 54(21), 1998, pp. 5531-5544
(E)- and ethoxycarbonylmethylene-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.5]decanes have been
synthesized from an acyclic keto alcohol possessing an alkynoate part
via intramolecular conjugate addition. Under thermodynamically control
led conditions using t-BuOK in THF, the (E)-isomer could be obtained i
n 52:1 ratio. When a catalytic amount of Pd(OAc)(2) was used in benzen
e, the (Z)isomer could be obtained in 95:1 ratio. (C) 1998 Elsevier Sc
ience Ltd. All rights reserved.