Lewis acid-promoted stereoselective Diels-Alder cycloadditions of captodative olefins acetylvinyl carboxylates and NMR structural study of their cyclopentadiene adducts

Octavio García De Alba*, Jorge Chanona, Francisco Delgado, Gerardo Zepeda, Fernando Labarrios, Roderick W. Bates, Simon Bott, Eusebio Juaristi, Joaquîn Tamariz

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Abstract

A study of Lewis acid-promoted Diels-Alder cycloadditions of the captodative olefins 1-acetyl vinyl carboxylates 1 with cyclopentadiene is described. Catalyst, temperature and solvent were the assessed variables, the exo/endo ratio being more significantly modified by the first one. Znh and TiCl4 showed the most remarkable effect with olefin la, giving very high and opposite stereoselectivity, since exo isomer 3 and endo 4 were the major adducts, respectively. The steric effect of the carboxylate substituent of 1 could participate in controlling the stereoselectivity. Structural characterization of the adducts was made by NMR and X-ray analysis. Electronic and anisotropic effects are probably involved in unusual proton chemical shifts of the norbornene structure of the adducts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)108-117
Number of pages10
JournalAnales de Quimica
Volume92
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 1996
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Chemistry

Keywords

  • Acetylvinyl carboxylates
  • Captodative
  • Catalysis
  • Diels-alder
  • Lewis acids
  • Stereoselectivity

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