Isomers, endo/exo

Chiral dienophiles, prepared from an aldehyde and asparagine in water followed by reacting with acryloyl chloride, reacted with cyclopentadiene at room temperature in water or ethanol-water to provide cycloadducts diastereoselectively and chiral products upon separation and hydrolysis (47-64% ee for the endo isomers endo/exo 82 18) (Eq. 12.18).61... 

Kamahori K,Tada S, Ito K, Itsuno S (1995) Tetrahedron Asymmetry 6 2547 Kamahori K, Ito K, Itsuno S (1996) J Org Chem 61 8321 Takasu M, Yamamoto H (1990) Synlett 194 Sartor D, Saffrich J, Helmchen G (1990) Synlett 197 Hawkins JM, Loren S (1991) J Am Chem Soc 113 7794 Hawkins JM, Loren S, Nambu M (1994) J Am Chem Soc 116 1657 A modified isopinocampheyldibromoborane catalyzes the reaction of cyclopentadiene with methyl acrylate in 48% ee Bir G, Kaufmann D (1990) J Organomet Chem 390 1 A Lewis acid derived from JY-tosyl tryptophan and l,8-naphthalenediylbis(dichlorobo-rane) is reported to catalyze the Diels-Adler reaction of methacrolein sind cyclopentadiene in 100% ee for the endo isomer (endo/exo = 37 63) ReiUy M, Oh T (1994) Tetrahedron Lett 35 7209... 

There are probably several factors which contribute to determining the endo exo ratio in any specific case. These include steric effects, dipole-dipole interactions, and London dispersion forces. MO interpretations emphasize secondary orbital interactions between the It orbitals on the dienophile substituent(s) and the developing 7t bond between C-2 and C-3 of the diene. There are quite a few exceptions to the Alder rule, and in most cases the preference for the endo isomer is relatively modest. For example, whereas cyclopentadiene reacts with methyl acrylate in decalin solution to give mainly the endo adduct (75%), the ratio is solvent-sensitive and ranges up to 90% endo in methanol. When a methyl substituent is added to the dienophile (methyl methacrylate), the exo product predominates. ... 

Several titanium(IV) complexes are efficient and reliable Lewis acid catalysts and they have been applied to numerous reactions, especially in combination with the so-called TADDOL (a, a,a, a -tetraaryl-l,3-dioxolane-4,5-dimethanol) (22) ligands [53-55]. In the first study on normal electron-demand 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions between nitrones and alkenes, which appeared in 1994, the catalytic reaction of a series of chiral TiCl2-TADDOLates on the reaction of nitrones 1 with al-kenoyloxazolidinones 19 was developed (Scheme 6.18) [56]. These substrates have turned out be the model system of choice for most studies on metal-catalyzed normal electron-demand 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of nitrones as it will appear from this chapter. When 10 mol% of the catalyst 23a was applied in the reaction depicted in Scheme 6.18 the reaction proceeded to give a yield of up to 94% ee after 20 h. The reaction led primarily to exo-21 and in the best case an endo/ exo ratio of 10 90 was obtained. The chiral information of the catalyst was transferred with a fair efficiency to the substrates as up to 60% ee of one of the isomers of exo3 was obtained [56]. 

Among the J ,J -DBFOX/Ph-transition(II) metal complex catalysts examined in nitrone cydoadditions, the anhydrous J ,J -DBFOX/Ph complex catalyst prepared from Ni(C104)2 or Fe(C104)2 provided equally excellent results. For example, in the presence of 10 mol% of the anhydrous nickel(II) complex catalyst R,R-DBFOX/Ph-Ni(C104)2, which was prepared in-situ from J ,J -DBFOX/Ph ligand, NiBr2, and 2 equimolar amounts of AgC104 in dichloromethane, the reaction of 3-crotonoyl-2-oxazolidinone with N-benzylidenemethylamine N-oxide at room temperature produced the 3,4-trans-isoxazolidine (63% yield) in near perfect endo selectivity (endo/exo=99 l) and enantioselectivity in favor for the 3S,4J ,5S enantiomer (>99% ee for the endo isomer. Scheme 7.21). The copper(II) perchlorate complex showed no catalytic activity, however, whereas the ytterbium(III) triflate complex led to the formation of racemic cycloadducts. 

P/Z equilibrium 233 enantioselectivity 216 endo 153 endo isomer 217 endo/exo ratio 303 endo/exo selectivity 217 mt-shikimic acid 30 ethyl vinyl ether 220 exo 153 exo-endo 303 exo-selective 13... 

In reactions in which methyl acrylate is used as the dienophile (Scheme 6.33), cycloadditions occur with lower levels of enantioselection (23% ee, as compared to 53 % observed for acrolein), but with significantly higher degrees of diastereoselectivity (17 1, endo-.exo). Improved levels of endo selectivity are observed in the case of the methyl ester (Scheme 6.33) this is perhaps because, at least in part, the dienophile p-system is oriented towards the t-butoxy ligand, where the steric influence of the bulky substituent is expected to be more pronounced. As before, formation of the endo isomer may occur to a greater extent, since the transition structure that leads to the exo isomer would involve energetically unfavorable interactions between the diene... 

The complex [Cp2Zr(OTf)2(thf)] is a catalyst for the Diels—Alder reactions of 105 compared to the corresponding thermal reactions [82,83] (Scheme 8.45). The isomer ratio of the reaction products (endo/exo or regioisomers) is higher in catalyzed than in thermal reactions. However, because the zir-conocenium triflate is also a catalyst for the polymerization of 1,3-dienes, the Diels—Alder reaction is sometimes completely suppressed in the case of less reactive dienophile-diene combinations. 

The resulting mixture was filtered into a Buchner funnel with the aid of a water aspirator and transferred to a 500 mL separatory funnel where the phases were separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with methylene chloride (2 x 150 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated using a rotary evaporator to give the corresponding mixture of crude Diels-Alder adducts (minor exo-isomer + major endo-isomer + major exo-isomer. Exo/endo ratio 98/2). 

In the course of their research about drugs with oncologic activity, Martinez and Iglesias75 examined the Diels-Alder reaction between 1-trirnethylsiIyloxy-l,3-butadiene (50) and nitroalkene 51 which afforded, after hydrolytic work-up, a mixture of two regioi-someric pairs of endo/exo isomers 52/53 and 54/55 in a ratio of 52/53/54/55 = 78 17 3 2 (equation 19). 

Taguchi and coworkers175 studied the Lewis acid catalyzed asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions of chiral 2-fluoroacrylic acid derivatives with isoprene and cyclopentadiene. When a chiral l,3-oxazolidin-2-one and diethylaluminum chloride were used as the chiral auxiliary and the Lewis acid catalyst, respectively, a de of 90% was observed for the reaction with isoprene. The reaction with cyclopentadiene afforded a 1 1 mixture of endo and exo isomers with de values of 95% and 96%, respectively. The endo/exo selectivity was improved by using 8-phenylmenthol as the chiral auxiliary. Thus, the reaction... 

Taguchi and colleagues189 studied the reactions of axially chiral maleimide and anilide derivatives 298 and 300 with cyclopentadiene (equation 83). The reaction of 298 with cyclopentadiene, catalyzed by diethylaluminum chloride, proceeded quantitatively with almost complete endo and diastereofacial selectivities to give 299 and 301, respectively. The reaction of 300 with cyclopentadiene was catalyzed by iodine and proceeded via a cationic iodocyclization intermediate. The reaction afforded a mixture of endo and exo isomers in a ratio of endo/exo = 97/3, the endo isomer being obtained with 97% de. 

Apart from the aqueous rate accelerations, the aqueous medium has also a favorable effect on the endo-exo selectivity. Substantially higher preferences for the endo isomer were found. This effect can be explained taking the more efficient secondary orbital interactions into considerations as well as additional... 

Application of this one/pot protocol to the preparation of enantiopure amidine (215) derived from phenylglycine led to the formation of the desired cycloadducts (71). The reaction proceeded with good stereocontrol with an endo/exo ratio in the order of 10 1. In the case of the methyl ester derived product 216 (R = Me), a single isomer was isolated. The minor exo products 217 proved to have an unexpected stereochemistry at C(7), which was consistent with the energetically disfavored anti attack of the dipolarophUe, and it was therefore assumed that the product had... 

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