Mb. Gravestock et al., STEREOSELECTIVE CYCLOADDITION OF NITRILE OXIDES TO A DISPIROKETAL-PROTECTED BUT-3-ENE-1,2-DIOL, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 6(11), 1995, pp. 2723-2730
The influence of a dispiroketal protecting group on the pi-facial sele
ctivity of nitrile oxide cycloaddition to S-but-3-ene-1,2-diol has bee
n investigated Ethoxycarbonylformonitrile oxide and benzonitrile oxide
undergo regiospecific and diasteroeselective addition to alkene 7 to
afford isoxazolines 11 and 12. The major adducts (11a and 11b) are for
med with 44% and 50% d.e. respectively, and in each case have S-config
uration at C-5, the new stereogenic centre.