The synthesis of a hydroazulen-2-one skeleton-determination of the diastereoselectivity of [3+2] cycloaddition of tricarbonyl[(4,5,6,7-η)-2-methyltropone]iron with E/Z-η1-(crotyl)Fp
The diastereoselectivity of [3 + 2] cycloaddition of tricarbonyl [(4,5,6,7-eta)-2-methyltropone]iron (2) with an E,Z isomeric mixture of eta(1)-(crotyl)Fp (4E14Z) [Fp: C5H5Fe(CO)(2) or CpFe(CO)(2)] has been studied. By this cyclopentaanulation, four stereogenic centres are formed. The reaction occurs regioselectively and stereo selectively. The relative configurations of the cycloadducts 5a, 5b and 5c were assigned on the basis of 2D and NOE NMR experiments. A mechanism for the stereoselective [3 + 2] cycloaddition has been proposed. The selectivity of the cycloaddition depends on the difference in steric discrimination approaches of the eta(1)-(crotyl)Fp 4E/4Z to the tricarbonyl[(3,4,5,6,7-eta)-1-trimethylsilyloxy-2-methyltropylium]iron 3 (repulsion of the methyl and methylene groups of 4 and the planar skeleton of 3) and also upon the isomeric structure (E or Z) of the eta(1)-(crotyl)Fp reactant. The geometrical isomerism of the reagent (4E/4Z) is preserved in the products 5a-c. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.