Diels-Alder Reactions of Azlactones

Azlactone 4 reacted with dienes to afford Diets-Alder adducts in good to excellent yields.     

Acid-Catalyzed Diels-Alder Reactions of Cycloalkenones

Whereas the Diels-Alder reaction has been in vogue as a facile method of six-membered ring construction for many years, its application to a one-step cis-octalone synthesis was precluded by discouraging, early reports on the conditions required for the interaction of dienes with 2-cyclohexenones and on the yields of the resultant adducts.^1,2 It is quite conceivable that these observations were responsible in part for the minimization of use of an otherwise attractive route toward angularly alkylated six-membered polycycles in the field of steroid total synthesis. The discovery of Lewis acid catalysis of the cycloaddition of α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds³ has rekindled interest in the above reactions.⁴ The following discussion illustrates octalone     

How Ionization Catalyzes Diels-Alder Reactions

The catalytic effect of ionization on the Diels-Alder reaction between 1,3-butadiene and acrylaldehyde has been studied using relativistic density functional theory (DFT). Removal of an electron from the dienophile, acrylaldehyde, significantly accelerates the Diels-Alder reaction and shifts the reaction mechanism from concerted asynchronous for the neutral Diels-Alder reaction to stepwise for the radical-cation Diels-Alder reaction. Our detailed activation strain and Kohn-Sham molecular orbital analyses reveal how ionization of the dienophile enhances the Diels-Alder reactivity via two mechanisms: (i) by amplifying the asymmetry in the dienophile's occupied π-orbitals to such an extent that the reaction goes from concerted asynchronous to stepwise and thus with substantially less steric (Pauli) repulsion per reaction step; (ii) by enhancing the stabilizing orbital interactions that result from the ability of the singly occupied molecular orbital of the radical-cation dienophile to engage in an additional three-electron bonding interaction with the highest occupied molecular orbital of the diene.     

Furans-Maleimides Diels-Alder Reactions in Protic Ionic Liquid

The authors have studied the Diels-Alder reactions between furan derivatives and maleimide derivatives in an ionic liquid and have found that higher reactivity can be obtained in a protic ionic liquid [Mim]Tf2N than in the conventional organic solvent.Furthermore,in the Diels-AIder reactions of 2- and 2,5-alkylfurans with N-alkylmaleimide,the reactivity increases by extending the alkyl chain length of N-alkylmaleimide.In addition,it was demonstrated that endo-selectivity increases when 2,5-disubstituted furans are used.These results will be explained by comparing the stability of the Diels-Alder adduct with that of the products obtained from the reactions of 2-substituted furans and 2,5-disubstituted furans.     

One-Step Synthesis of Cyclophanes as Crystalline Sponge and Their [2]Catenanes through SNAr Reactions

This work reports that cyclophanes and their [2]catenanes were synthesized by the S_NAr reactions of disubstituted adamantanes bearing halophenol units and 3,6-dichlorotetrazine in moderate yields. In the crystalline state, the cyclophanes had hexagonal structures with a cavity. The [2]catenanes were composed of two macrocycles that were singly interlocked and orthogonally arranged, indicating the construction from eight component molecules through eight C−O bonds in a one-step reaction in up to 33 % yield. The cyclophanes were assembled to afford a supramolecular organic framework in the solid state, which exhibited permanent intrinsic porosity and adsorption of leaf alcohol or aldehyde in a single-crystal to single-crystal fashion. The molecular structures of the liquid guests were determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis. The formation of catenanes and the use of cyclophane-based porous crystals in the crystalline sponge method may be largely ascribed to the solvophobic effects and the van der Waals interactions that originate in the aliphatic and bulky nature of the adamantane units.     

硅杂苯与亲二烯体的Diels-Alder反应

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)在B3LYP/6-311G(d,p)水平上研究了硅杂苯与一些亲二烯体的两类可能的Diels-Alder反应的微观机理、势能剖面、取代基效应和溶剂化效应. 计算结果表明, 所研究反应均以协同的方式进行. 亲二烯体分子碳原子上的苯基取代基对两个新键形成的非同步性和反应的活化能垒的影响取决于苯基在产物中的相对位置, 而硅杂苯分子中硅原子上的CCl3取代基有利于杂Diels-Alder反应的进行. 形成一个C—Si键的杂Diels-Alder反应在热力学和动力学上均远比相应的全碳Diels-Alder反应容易进行, 实验观察到的杂Diels-Alder反应中的区域选择性由动力学因素所控制. 硅杂苯与烯烃的反应比与相应炔烃的反应在动力学上容易进行一些, 但在热力学上后者远比前者容易进行. 苯溶剂对所研究反应的势能剖面影响较小.     

Diels-Alder Reactions of. (+)-Apoverbenone

The thermal and catalyzed Diels-Alder reactions of (+)-apoverbenone (1) with isoprene, 2, 3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene, (E)-piperylene, (E)-1-methoxy-1,3-butadiene and cyclopentadiene are described; structural analysis by ¹H and ¹³C-NMR spectroscopy is reported, and the syn-anti and endo-exo diastereoselectivity of the reactions is discussed.     

Transmetalation Reactions of Aromatic Dilithionickelole: Synthesis of Heterobimetallic Complexes Featuring Metalloles as Diene Ligands

The aromatic metallole dianions are important metallaaromatic compounds because of their various reactivities and extensive synthetic applications. Herein we report the reactions of dilithionickelole with MgCl₂, EtAlCl₂, Cp*ScCl₂, Cp*LuCl₂ and Pt(COD)Cl₂ (COD=1,5-cyclooctadiene) affording a series of Ni/M heterobimetallic complexes of the general formula (η⁴−C₄R₄M)Ni(COD), in which the metalloles act as diene ligands, as suggested by single-crystal X-ray, NMR and theoretical analyses. In these reactions, two electrons of the nickelole dianion transferred to Ni, representing different reactivity compared with main-group metallole dianions.     

Captodative olefins in normal and inverse Diels-Alder Reactions

Olefins with captodative substitution are reactive dienophiles in Diels-Alder reactions with normal and inverse electron demand. This is shown for reactions of 2-(tert-butylthio)acrylonitrile ( 1 ) with various dienes and heterodienes, e.g. 1,3-cyclohexadiene, hexachloro-1, 3-cyclopentadiene, acrolein, methacrolein, and methyl vinyl ketone (Schemes 2 and 3). In case of the hetrodienes, 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrans are formed beside small amounts of tetrahydrothiophenes; however, with methyl vinyl ketone, both reaction pathways are equally followed. The high reactivity of captodative olefins in Diels-Alder reactions are rationalized on the basis of Sustmann's FMO model under consideration of Viehe's concept of captodative substitution of alkenes.     

α′-苯磺酰基-α,β-不饱和酮与开链二烯烃的不对称催化环加成反应

在手性金属钛催化剂存在下 ,研究了α′ 苯磺酰基 α ,β 不饱和酮与开链二烯的不对称催化环加成反应 ,讨论了α′ 苯磺酰基 α ,β 不饱和酮与开链二烯的反应活性和对映选择性 ,以高的收率和光学纯度合成了环己烯衍生物 ,并对部分产物的构型进行了鉴定     

Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reactions with G-Quadruplex DNA-Based Catalysts

DNA in command: An enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction can be achieved using human telomeric G-quadruplex DNA-based catalysts. The absolute configuration of the product can be reversed when the conformation of G-quadruplex DNA is switched from antiparallel to parallel, and both the reaction rate and the enantioselectivity of the Diels-Alder reaction were found to be dependent on the DNA sequence.     

Ytterbium Trichloride-Catalyzed Diels-Alder Reactions of Unactivated Dienes

Ytterbium chloride (YbCl₃) is an effective and reusable catalyst for Diels-Alder reactions of unactivated dienes with α,β-unsaturated ketones and aldehydes at room temperature, leading to products with high regio- and stereoselectivities.