Facial stereoselectivity in the diels-alder reactions of (arylethynyl)ethoxycarbenes of group 6 with 1,2,3,4,5-pentamethylcyclopenta-1,3- diene and unusual Rearrangement of strained norbornadienyl fischer carbene complexes of chromium(0)

Miguel A. Vázquez, Leonor Reyes, René Miranda, Juventino J. García, Hugo A. Jiménez-Vázquez, Joaquín Tamariz, Francisco Delgado

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Abstract

A study of reactivity and facial selectivity in Diels-Alder reactions of the Fischer carbene complexes (CO)5M=C(C≡CC6H 4R)OCH3CH3 (1a, M = Cr, R = H; 1b, M = Cr, R = p-OCH3; 1c, M = Cr, R = p-CH3; 2, M = W, R = H; 3, M = Mo, R = H), with 1,2,3,4,5-pentamethylcyclopenta-1,3-diene (4) was carried out. The cycloadditions were found to be highly π-facial stereoselective, favoring the anti adduct. Among these complexes, 3 was the most reactive dienophile. The stereochemical assignment of the adducts 5-7 was supported by NOE measurements; structures of the anti cycloadducts 5a and 6 were established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. A [4 + 2] cycloaddition/benzannulation/rearrangement cascade reaction was observed for the chromium carbene complexes 1a-c with 4 under thermal conditions, resulting in the naphthofurandione derivatives 9-11.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3413-3421
Number of pages9
JournalOrganometallics
Volume24
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Jul 2005

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