On the Enantioselectivity of a 2-Aza-divinylcyclopropane Rearrangement
摘要:
The optically active cyclopropanecarbonyl azide 6 (ee 90%) was synthesized from the known cyclopropanecarboxylate 4. Upon heating in refluxing benzene, 6 rearranged to the dihydroazepinone 9 (ee 65%) via the isocyanate 7 and the enamide 8. In contrast, the dimethyl-substituted cyclopropanecarbonyl azide 20 rearranged to the isocyanate 21, but decomposed at higher temperatures rather than to undergo Cope rearrangement to 22. The results are consistent with a mechanism involving a boat-like endo-transition state 11 for the rearrangement, which may nor be reached with the dimethyl derivative 21 for steric reasons. The origin of change in enantiomer composition, upon going from 6 to 9, is at present unknown.
On the Enantioselectivity of a 2-Aza-divinylcyclopropane Rearrangement
摘要:
The optically active cyclopropanecarbonyl azide 6 (ee 90%) was synthesized from the known cyclopropanecarboxylate 4. Upon heating in refluxing benzene, 6 rearranged to the dihydroazepinone 9 (ee 65%) via the isocyanate 7 and the enamide 8. In contrast, the dimethyl-substituted cyclopropanecarbonyl azide 20 rearranged to the isocyanate 21, but decomposed at higher temperatures rather than to undergo Cope rearrangement to 22. The results are consistent with a mechanism involving a boat-like endo-transition state 11 for the rearrangement, which may nor be reached with the dimethyl derivative 21 for steric reasons. The origin of change in enantiomer composition, upon going from 6 to 9, is at present unknown.