Decatrien-3-ones Diels-Alder reactions

LP-DE also promotes and accelerates intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions of low reactive polyenones. The use of a catalytic amount of camphorsulfonic acid (CSA) further accelerates the cycloaddition and enhances the diastereo-selectivity [41]. Table 6.7 illustrates the effect of CSA on the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of 2-methyl-l,7,9-decatrien-3-one. 

Table 6.7 Intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of 2-methyl-l,7,9-decatrien-3-one...

The increased stereoselectivity of decatrien-3-ones relative to the n(matrien-3-ones may also be the consequence of cooperativity between twist asynchronicity and endo stabilization that both favor the c -fused product. The decatrien-3-one transitirm state is considerably less strained than the nonatrien-3-one transition state, and the uncatalyzed decatrienone cyclizations occur at or near ambient temperature. Consequently, one expects greater endo stabilization, and hence also greater cis stereoselectivity, in the decatrienone intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions. 

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