Diastereoselective Diels-Alder reactions of N-sulfonyl-1-aza-1,3-butadienes with optically active enol ethers: an asymmetric variant of the 1-azadiene Diels-Alder reaction

J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Mar 1;128(8):2587-93. doi: 10.1021/ja0571646.

Abstract

The first detailed study of a room-temperature asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction of N-sulfonyl-1-aza-1,3-butadienes is reported enlisting a series of 19 enol ethers bearing chiral auxiliaries, with many providing highly diastereoselective (endo and facial diastereoselection) reactions, largely the result of an exquisitely organized [4+2] cycloaddition transition state. Three new, readily accessible, and previously unexplored auxiliaries rationally emerged from the studies and provide remarkable selectivities (two of these give 49:1 endo:exo and 48:1 facial selectivity) that promise to be useful in systems beyond those detailed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aza Compounds / chemistry*
  • Butadienes / chemistry*
  • Ethers / chemical synthesis
  • Ethers / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Aza Compounds
  • Butadienes
  • Ethers