Reactivity increase of dienophiles by change of the ester substituents into the acid chlorides: cycloaddition reaction of the diacid chloride of 3,10-hexacyclo[10.2.1.15,8.02,11.03,10.04,9]hexadeca-6,13-diene-3,10-dicarboxylic acid with quadricyclane
摘要:
Conversion of the ester substituents on the cyclobutene it-bond of dimethyl tricyclo[4.2.1.0(2,5)]nona-3,7-diene-3,4-dicarboxylate to the corresponding acid chloride increases the cycloaddition reactivity toward quadricyclane so dramatically that the reaction temperature can be dropped from 180 degrees C (preparation of title 3,10-diester) to room temperature (preparation of the title 3,10-diacid chloride). The cycloadduct product, an acid chloride of the title ring system, is extremely docile and can be recrystallized unchanged from hot methanol. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.