High Stereoselectivity and Facial Selectivity in Diels-Alder Cycloadditions of Novel Captodative Olefins: α-Alkoxyvinyl(ethoxy)carbene Chromium Complexes with Cyclopentadienes

Miguel A. Vázquez, Liliana Cessa, José Luis Vega, René Miranda, Rafael Herrera, Hugo A. Jiménez-Vázquez, Joaquín Tamariz, Francisco Delgado

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Abstract

A study of reactivity and selectivity of the new Fischer carbene complexes (CO) 5Cr=C[C(=CHR′)(OR)]OCH 2CH 3 (3, R′ = H, R = CH 2CH 3; 4, R′ = H, R = CH 2CH 2CH 3; 5, R′ = H, R = CH 2CH 2CH 2CH 3; 6, R′ = CH 3 (E and Z), R = CH 2CH 3) was carried out in Diels-Alder cycloadditions with cyclopentadiene (1) and 1,2,3,4,5- pentamethylcyclopentadiene (7). The cycloadditions between the α-alkoxyvinyl(ethoxy)carbene complexes 3, 4, and 5 with 1 were found to be highly stereoselective, favoring the endo adduct at a much higher level than that observed for the analogous α-alkoxy-α,β-unsaturated esters, whereas complex 6E showed low reactivity. When 1,2,3,4,5- pentamethylcyclopentadiene (7) was employed, the cycloadditions with α-alkoxyvinyl(ethoxy)carbene complexes 3-6E were highly anti/exo selective. The exo adducts form new alkoxy-chelated tetracarbonyl carbene complexes. The stereo-chemical assignment of the cycloadducts was supported by NOE measurements, and the chelated exo cycloadduct 21 was further characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1918-1927
Number of pages10
JournalOrganometallics
Volume23
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Apr 2004

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