Title
Asymmetric Synthesis of (1,5)Naphthalenophanes by Dehydro-Diels–Alder Reaction
Author
Pablo Wessig, Annika Matthes, Uwe Schilde, Alexandra Kelling
Year
2013
Journal
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
Abstract
An asymmetric variant of the dehydro-Diels–Alder (DDA) reaction has been developed and applied in the atropselective synthesis of various (1,5)naphthalenophanes. Whereas the suitability of the photochemically induced DDA (PDDA) was limited, the thermally induced DDA provided the desired product, depending on the chiral auxiliary used and the length of the linker, with nearly perfect stereoselectivity. Furthermore, the mechanism of the DDA was investigated by means of DFT calculations, and a stepwise mechanism involving 1,4-biradicals was suggested.
Instrument
J-815
Keywords
Circular dichroism, Absolute configuration