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Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.119, No.11, 2597-2605, 1997
Asymmetric Photocycloadditions with an Optically-Active Allenylsilane - Trimethylsilyl as a Removable Stereocontrolling Group for the Enantioselective Synthesis of Exo-Methylenecyclobutanes
Allenylsilanes undergo enantioselective intramolecular photocycloaddition reactions with enones and enoates to give adducts in 76-99% enantiomeric excess and 67-90% yield. The silyl-substituted exo-methylenecyclobutane products undergo protodesilylation to give the parent unsubstituted exo-methylenecyclobutane. Optically active allenylsilanes may thus be used in enantioselective photocycloadditions in which the silyl moiety functions as a removable stereochemical controlling group.
Keywords:PHOTOCHEMICAL CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS;VINYLOGOUS AMIDE PHOTOCYCLOADDITION;2+2 PHOTOCYCLOADDITIONS;TRIPLET 1;4-BIRADICALS;FRAGMENTATION ROUTE;HYDROGEN SELENIDE;RING-SYSTEM;ALKENES;REGIOSELECTIVITY;2-CYCLOPENTENONE