Bidentate Lewis Acid Catalyzed Domino Diels-Alder Reaction of Phthalazine for the Synthesis of Bridged Oligocyclic Tetrahydronaphthalenes

Org Lett. 2016 Mar 18;18(6):1330-3. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00276. Epub 2016 Mar 4.

Abstract

A domino process consisting of an inverse and a normal electron-demand Diels-Alder reaction is presented for the formation of bridged tri- and tetracyclic 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalenes catalyzed by a bidentate Lewis acid. The products were synthesized in a one-pot reaction from commercially available starting materials and contain up to six stereogenic centers. The tetrahydronaphthalenes were isolated as single diastereomers and are derivatives of phenylethylamine, which is well-known as a scaffold of amphetamine or dopamine.

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Cycloaddition Reaction
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, Bridged-Ring / chemical synthesis*
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, Bridged-Ring / chemistry
  • Lewis Acids / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phthalazines / chemistry*
  • Tetrahydronaphthalenes / chemical synthesis*
  • Tetrahydronaphthalenes / chemistry

Substances

  • Heterocyclic Compounds, Bridged-Ring
  • Lewis Acids
  • Phthalazines
  • Tetrahydronaphthalenes
  • phthalazine