Stereocontrolled routes to derivatives of 3-alkoxycarbonyl-2-amino-4-aryl-5-cyano-6-phenyl-4H-pyrans
摘要:
The asymmetric Michael addition of cyanoacetates 2b-e and benzoylacetonitrile 6 to alpha-benzoylcinnamonitrile 3 and alpha-cyanocinnamates 7b-e, respectively, has been studied. The resulting 3-alkoxycarbonyl-2-amino-4-aryl-5-cyano-6-phenyl-4H-pyrans 4b-e have been obtained in moderate diastereomeric excess and good chemical yield.
Asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions of chiral (E)-2-cyanocinnamates with cyclopentadiene
摘要:
Several chiral derivatives of (E)-2-cyanocinnamic acid are used as trisubstituted dienophiles, and their asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions with cyclopentadiene are studied. The reactions of (E)-2-cyanocinnamates of (S)-ethyl lactate and (R)-pantolactone with cyclopentadiene, catalyzed by TiCl4, allow the synthesis of enantiomerically pure cycloadducts whose absolute configurations are assigned by an X-ray diffraction study of enantiomerically pure (1S,2S,3R,4R,5R,6R)-iodolactone. The results obtained show that the alpha-cyano group influences asymmetric induction, probably through an influence on the s-cis/s-trans equilibrium of the enoate moiety of the chiral dienophile.