Nucleophilic addition to 3,4-cis-diacetyl-1,2,3,4-tetramethyl-1-cyclobutene: remarkably fast intramolecular hemiketalization
摘要:
Reduction of 3,4-cis-diacetyl-1,2,3,4-tetramethyl-1-cyclobutene 1 with NaBH4 yielding 2-hydroxyoxoianes 2a and 2b with complete diastereoselectivity at the anomeric carbon atom suggests that a highly stereoselective intramolecular hemiketalizaiion process leading to the formation of the 2-hydroxyoxolane unit is much faster than the attack of the second molecule of the nucleophile on the second carbonyl group. Further reduction of 2a at 0 degreesC Lives selectively the meso-diol 3a. Reaction of 1 with MeLi or MeMgBr also involves the participation of the adjacent carbonyl. thereby yielding hydroxyoxolane 5a selectively. A mechanistic rationale is proposed oil the basis of the relative energies of all isomeric hemiketals, 2a-d and 5a and b, (calculated by the PM3 method) and the relative stabilities of the conformers of 1 (calculated by the MM2 method). (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Nucleophilic addition to 3,4-cis-diacetyl-1,2,3,4-tetramethyl-1-cyclobutene: remarkably fast intramolecular hemiketalization
摘要:
Reduction of 3,4-cis-diacetyl-1,2,3,4-tetramethyl-1-cyclobutene 1 with NaBH4 yielding 2-hydroxyoxoianes 2a and 2b with complete diastereoselectivity at the anomeric carbon atom suggests that a highly stereoselective intramolecular hemiketalizaiion process leading to the formation of the 2-hydroxyoxolane unit is much faster than the attack of the second molecule of the nucleophile on the second carbonyl group. Further reduction of 2a at 0 degreesC Lives selectively the meso-diol 3a. Reaction of 1 with MeLi or MeMgBr also involves the participation of the adjacent carbonyl. thereby yielding hydroxyoxolane 5a selectively. A mechanistic rationale is proposed oil the basis of the relative energies of all isomeric hemiketals, 2a-d and 5a and b, (calculated by the PM3 method) and the relative stabilities of the conformers of 1 (calculated by the MM2 method). (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.