Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reactions of Cyclopentadiene with N-Crotonoyl- and N-Acryloyl-4,4-Dimethyl-1,3-Oxazolidin-2-one,Mediated by Chiral Lewis Acids

One-pot Diels-Alder reactions of cyclopentadiene with 3-crotonoyl- ( 2 ) and 3-acryloyl-4,4-dimethyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one ( 3 ), Mediated by chiral Lewis acids, are described. AlCl₃, EtAlCl₂, Et₂AlCl, TiCl₄, ZrCl₄, SnCl₄, SiCl₄, and BBr₃, modified with derivatives of D -mannitol, L -tartaric acid, and (R)-binaphthol, were applied as chiral promotors. The reaction with dienophile 2 , carried out in CH₂Cl₂ at ?78° with high yield, was characterized by excellent π-face selectivity. In case of the reaction with dienophile 3 , the efficiency of the chirality transfer was much lower.