A. Barbero et al., CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS OF (Z)-BETA-SILOXYACRYLONITRILES WITH ENONES - SYNTHESIS OF 4H-PYRANS AND DIHYDRO-2H-PYRANS, Synthesis, (6), 1997, pp. 628
Reaction of (Z)-beta-siloxyacrylonitriles 1 with enones 2 afforded 4H-
pyrans 3 and dihydro-2H-pyrans 4 regio- and stereoselectively. A conce
rted hetero-Diels-Alder process is proposed.