Diels-Alder reactions experimental procedures

The Diels-Alder reaction is the most important method for the construction of six-membered rings. For example it can be used as a step in a benzo-anellation procedure. The experimental procedure is simple, and yields are generally good side reactions play only a minor role. 

Annual Volume 71 contains 30 checked and edited experimental procedures that illustrate important new synthetic methods or describe the preparation of particularly useful chemicals. This compilation begins with procedures exemplifying three important methods for preparing enantiomerically pure substances by asymmetric catalysis. The preparation of (R)-(-)-METHYL 3-HYDROXYBUTANOATE details the convenient preparation of a BINAP-ruthenium catalyst that is broadly useful for the asymmetric reduction of p-ketoesters. Catalysis of the carbonyl ene reaction by a chiral Lewis acid, in this case a binapthol-derived titanium catalyst, is illustrated in the preparation of METHYL (2R)-2-HYDROXY-4-PHENYL-4-PENTENOATE. The enantiomerically pure diamines, (1 R,2R)-(+)- AND (1S,2S)-(-)-1,2-DIPHENYL-1,2-ETHYLENEDIAMINE, are useful for a variety of asymmetric transformations hydrogenations, Michael additions, osmylations, epoxidations, allylations, aldol condensations and Diels-Alder reactions. Promotion of the Diels-Alder reaction with a diaminoalane derived from the (S,S)-diamine is demonstrated in the synthesis of (1S,endo)-3-(BICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPT-5-EN-2-YLCARBONYL)-2-OXAZOLIDINONE. 

Heteroatom-substituted vinylcarbene complexes are also excellent dienophiles, which usually undergo Diels-Alder reactions under very mild reaction conditions (see Experimental Procedure 2.2.7). Unfortunately the outcome of reactions between Fischer-type vinylcarbene complexes and dienes is difficult to predict ([256] compare, e.g.. Experimental Procedures 2.2.7 and 2.2.9). The course of... 

Experimental Procedure 2.2.7. Diels-Alder Reaction of a Tungsten Vinylcarbene Complex Methyl 2-(2-Furyl)-5-methyl-4-oxo-l-cyclohexanecarboxylate [237]... 

The simplest unsaturated dicarboxylic acids are maleic acid and fumaric acid, both of which are cheap, commercially available, materials. They are geometric isomers maleic acid is the (Z) isomer (19), and fumaric acid is the (E) isomer (20). Maleic acid forms an internal anhydride, maleic anhydride (21), which is widely used to form adducts with conjugated dienes (the Diels-Alder reaction, Section 7.6). The formation of the anhydride from maleic acid and the conversion of maleic acid into fumaric acid are described in Expt 5.218. The hydrogenation of maleic acid to succinic acid is of value as a means of evaluating the activity of a catalyst for use in hydrogenations at atmospheric pressure the experimental procedure is given in Section 2.17.1, p. 87. 

It is well established [87] that pressure accelerates the Diels-Alder reaction and of course the reverse effect is expected for the reverse Diels-Alder reaction. For example, to obtain a homogeneous disk of neat resin or a composite without void the experimental procedure [88] shown on the Fig. 30 has to be used. 

Whether the nonplanarity of single-boundary three-dimensional aromatic hydrocarbons is reflected in predictable changes in physical or chemical properties remains to be established. Good test cases could be the rates of electrophilic aromatic substitutions (39) or the relative rates of Diels-Alder reactions (40). A comparison of the predicted rates with experimental measurements, perhaps by using the procedures of Szentpaly and Herndon (17) summarized in this book, might provide some new insights into the relationships among molecular structure, strain, and reactivity. 

The hetero Diels-Alder reaction <01H1591, 01TL5693> and dipolar cycloadditions continue to constitute important approaches to piperidines. Kibayashi and co-workers used an intramolecular acylnitroso Diels-Alder reaction to synthesize (-)-lepadins A,B, and C from an acyclic precursor <01JOC3338>. An intramolecular nitrone cycloaddition was used by Machetti and co-workers to produce both enantiomers of 4-oxopipecolic acid <01T4995>. Their synthesis proceeds from a nitrone bearing an a-methylbenzylamine chiral auxiliary. Noteworthy in this report is the presence of large-scale experimental procedures the nitrone formation and cycloaddition reactions were performed on 285 mmol and 226 mmol scales, respectively. 

Zhang et al. [52] used iodine to catalyze the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of pentafluorobenzylidineaniline (CgF5CH=NAr) with enol ethers to afford the corresponding tetrahydroquinoline derivatives 23 and 24 as a mixture of cis/trans stereoisomers. Mild and neutral reaction conditions, facile experimental procedure and the use of iodine made this method attractive for practical synthesis of many fluorinated tetrahydroquinoline derivatives (Scheme 10.18). 

Even bromodienes with methylenecyclopropane terminators undergo smooth Heck reactions (Scheme 5-210). The concomitant Diels-Alder reaction is regioselective and is leading to one spirobicyclo[4.3.0]nonane. In all cases, silver ions prevent double-bond migration of the intermediate diene (Experimental Procedure below). High-pressure conditions facilitate both the Diels-Alder reaction and the cross-... 

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