Fisher LA, Smith NJ, Fox JM. Chiral cyclopropenyl ketones: reactive and selective Diels-Alder dienophiles.
J Org Chem 2013;
78:3342-8. [PMID:
23438063 DOI:
10.1021/jo302683t]
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Abstract
The synthesis and Diels-Alder reactions of cyclopropenyl ketones are described. Cyclopropenyl ketones are highly reactive dienophiles that can engage a range of cyclic dienes and 2,3-dimethylbutadiene. The strategy of using cyclopropenyl ketones to facilitate Diels-Alder reactions is not limited to products that contain three-membered rings, as reductive opening by SmI2 can be used to produce a product that lacks a cyclopropane but retains a quaternary stereogenic center.
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