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Published on: February 7, 2019
Polyfunctionalized cage compounds by pericyclic domino processes of 4,5-dicyanopyridazine with dienes: applications
1Dipartimento di Chimica Organica 'Ugo Schiff' - Centro di Studio del CNR sulla chimica e la struttura dei composti eterociclici e loro applicazioni, Universita di Firenze, Via Gino Capponi 9, I-50121 Firenze, Italy.
Abstract:
The title compound 1 was found to behave as an attractive masked bis-diene to give 4-oxatricyclo[4.3.1.0(3,7)]dec-8-ene, 5-aza- and 5-silatricyclo[5.3.1.0(3,8)]undec-9-ene, tricyclo[3.2.1.0(2, 7)]oct-3-ene, and tricyclo[5.3.1.0(3,8)]undec-9-ene derivatives through purely pericyclic, three-step homodomino processes with diverse bis-dienophiles; whereas the reaction with myrcene (21) was characterized by a complete sitoselectivity affording compound 25, treatment of 1 with (R)-(-)-beta-citronellene (26a) gave a 3:1 mixture of the homochiral diastereomers 30a and 31a. Some limits of this methodology, mainly arising from competitive side reactions upon the key cyclohexa-1,3-diene intermediates, are emphasized. The structures of the new compounds were established on the basis of spectral data.
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