名称:
                                The synthesis of 2,3,3a,4,5,7a-hexahydro-1H-inden-1-ols by intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions of 1,3,8-nonatrien-5-ols. Dependence of product stereochemistry on the substitution pattern
                             
                            
                                摘要:
                                A short and efficient synthesis of the title compounds is described, starting from readily available alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds 5 and beta,gamma-unsaturated ketones 4.  Their directed aldol condensation yields the unsaturated hydroxy ketones 6 which are dehydrated to the trienones 7.  Although these fail to cyclize on heating, the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction can be brought about after reduction or alkyllithium addition to the carbonyl group.  Alkyl substitution in the positions 1,2,3,5, and 7 has little influence on the ease and yield of cyclization, whereas a methyl group at C-4 hinders it considerably.  The title compounds are obtained as mixtures of usually all four stereoisomers, of which one predominates (greater-than-or-equal-to 50%) in most cases.  O-Alkylation in 8b has little effect on the isomer distribution.  The major isomer of the 6-bromo derivative forms a highly crystalline p-nitrobenzoate 27, which permits stereochemical assignment through X-ray crystallography; for most other products assignments can be made by comparison and further evaluation of their H-1 NMR spectra.  The results are discussed in terms of a simple transition state model.  The intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction fails when the length of the tethering chain is reduced by one, or when the diene unit becomes part of a furan ring.  Trienones 7 are sensitive to autoxidation, of which some products are described.