Diels-Alder reaction -oxazolones, unsaturated

A number of other specific reactions have been studied. For example, Diels-Alder reactions of the unsaturated 5(4//)-oxazolone derived from piperonal with 2-ferf-butyldimethylsilyloxy-1,3-butadiene, piperylene, 1-acetoxy-1,3-butadiene, and Danishefsky s diene have been described. In these cases, the results are variable and are dependent on the diene with poor yields often obtained even at high temperatures. Moreover, the stereochemical outcome of these reactions has not been determined. " ... 

Diels-Alder reactions of 4-heteromethylene-5(4/7)-oxazolones have been described. ( )-4-(Chloromethylene)-5(4//)-oxazolone 737 reacts with 2,3-dunethyl-butadiene in the presence of ethylaluminum dichloride to afford the cycloadduct 738. The cycloaddition reaction is characterized by high diastereoselectivity and occurs without appreciable isomerization of the dienophile. Further synthetic transformations of 738 yield 1-amino-3,4-dimethyl-6-hydroxy-cyclohex-3-enecar-boxylic acid 739 (Scheme 1.121) Examples of Diels-Alder reactions of acyclic dienes and unsaturated 5(4//)-oxazolones are shown in Table 7.50 (Fig. 7.61). 

Bunuel, E. Gil, A. M. Diaz-de-Villegas, M. D. Cativiela, C. Synthesis of constrained prolines by Diels—Alder reaction using a chiral unsaturated oxazolone derived from (R)-glyceralde-hyde as starting material. Tetrahedron 2001,... 

TABLE 7.50. DIELS-ALDER ADDUCTS FROM REACTION OF UNSATURATED 5(4ff)-OXAZOLONES AND ACYCLIC DIENES... 

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