Abstractmagnified imageFor the preparation of rigid polycyclic molecules from 8,9,10‐trinorbornenes (=bicyclo[2.2.1]hept‐2‐enes), 1,4‐dipyridin‐2‐ylphthalazines were used. Cycloaddition reactions with trinorbornenes gave coupled products in a stereoselective manner. In these reactions, the phthalazines delivered a new bicyclo[2.2.2] moiety at the junction of two trinorbornene units, which could bear appropriate functional groups (Schemes 4and5). The crystal structure of a key cycloadduct,i.e., of18was also determined (Fig. 2). Relative reactivities for a series of phthalazines (Fig. 3) were estimated by density‐functional‐theory (DFT) calculations at the B3LYP/6‐31G* level (Table). The calculations indicated an increase of reactivity when the aromaticity of the phthalazine moiety is decreased. Finally, experimentally observed stereoselectivities of the phthalazine reactions with trinorbornenes were readily predicted by DFT calculations (Fig. 4).
Abstractmagnified imageFor the preparation of rigid polycyclic molecules from 8,9,10‐trinorbornenes (=bicyclo[2.2.1]hept‐2‐enes), 1,4‐dipyridin‐2‐ylphthalazines were used. Cycloaddition reactions with trinorbornenes gave coupled products in a stereoselective manner. In these reactions, the phthalazines delivered a new bicyclo[2.2.2] moiety at the junction of two trinorbornene units, which could bear appropriate functional groups (Schemes 4and5). The crystal structure of a key cycloadduct,i.e., of18was also determined (Fig. 2). Relative reactivities for a series of phthalazines (Fig. 3) were estimated by density‐functional‐theory (DFT) calculations at the B3LYP/6‐31G* level (Table). The calculations indicated an increase of reactivity when the aromaticity of the phthalazine moiety is decreased. Finally, experimentally observed stereoselectivities of the phthalazine reactions with trinorbornenes were readily predicted by DFT calculations (Fig. 4).
Rigid Alicyclic Molecules from Bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-enes (=8,9,10-Trinorbornenes) and 1,4-Dipyridin-2-ylphthalazines as Stereoselective Coupling Agents
Abstractmagnified imageFor the preparation of rigid polycyclic molecules from 8,9,10‐trinorbornenes (=bicyclo[2.2.1]hept‐2‐enes), 1,4‐dipyridin‐2‐ylphthalazines were used. Cycloaddition reactions with trinorbornenes gave coupled products in a stereoselective manner. In these reactions, the phthalazines delivered a new bicyclo[2.2.2] moiety at the junction of two trinorbornene units, which could bear appropriate functional groups (Schemes 4and5). The crystal structure of a key cycloadduct,i.e., of18was also determined (Fig. 2). Relative reactivities for a series of phthalazines (Fig. 3) were estimated by density‐functional‐theory (DFT) calculations at the B3LYP/6‐31G* level (Table). The calculations indicated an increase of reactivity when the aromaticity of the phthalazine moiety is decreased. Finally, experimentally observed stereoselectivities of the phthalazine reactions with trinorbornenes were readily predicted by DFT calculations (Fig. 4).