A. Defoin et al., Enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction with an alpha-chloronitroso dienophile derived from 5-O-acetyl-2,3-isopropylidenedioxy-D-ribose, SYNTHESIS-S, (12), 2000, pp. 1719-1726
Crystalline 5-O-acetyl-2,3-isopropylidenedioxy-D-ribonolactone oxime (8) wa
s synthesised from D-ribose in 40% overall yield. The chloronitroso dienoph
ile 3b was obtained from 8 by oxidation with t-BuOCl and underwent asymmetr
ic Diels-Alder reaction with cyclic and acyclic dienes 10-13 to give crysta
lline adducts 14a-17a in good yield and excellent enantiomeric excess (93-9
9%).