摘要:
Opening of the alpha,alpha-dichlorocyclobutanone ring in the [2+2]-cycloadduct of dichloroketene and dimethylfulvene with (+)-alpha-methylbenzylamine gave diastereoisomeric 2-dichloromethyl-5-isopropylidene-N-(alpha-methylbenzyl)cyclopent-3-ene-1-carboxamides, and hydrolysis of the latter at the dichloromethyl group afforded the corresponding bicyclic aminals which can be readily separated by chromatography on silica gel. The subsequent removal of the alpha-methylbenzylamine fragment via reduction and hydrolysis resulted in the formation of enantiomerically pure (-)- and (+)-6-(1-methylethylidene)-3,3a,6,6a-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[c]-furan-1-ones.