Thermal [2+3]-Cycloadditions of trans-1-Methyl-2,3-diphenylaziridine with CS and CC Dipolarophiles: An Unexpected Course with Dimethyl Dicyanofumarate
orbital‐symmetry‐controlled reactions (Scheme 2). On the other hand, the reactions of cis‐1a and trans‐1a with dimethyl dicyanofumarate (7a), as well as that of cis‐1a and dimethyl dicyanomaleate (7b), led to mixtures of the same two stereoisomeric dimethyl 3,4‐dicyano‐1‐methyl‐2,5‐diphenylpyrrolidine‐3,4‐dicarboxylates 8a and 8b (Scheme 3). This result has to be explained via a stepwise reaction mechanism, in which