Facial selectivity in the 4 + 2 reactions of a diene derived from carvone
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2006Author
Morrison, Christopher F.
Vaters, Jamie P.
Miller, David O.
Burnell, D. J.
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The facial selectivities of cyclohexadienes bearing isopropenyl and isopropyl groups as
plane-nonsymmetric substituents were assessed in 4 + 2 reactions with N-phenylmaleimide,
tetracyanoethylene and 4-phenyl-1,2,4- triazoline-3,5-dione. The only adducts were those arising by
attack of the dienophile on the face of the diene opposite the isopropenyl or isopropyl group. In
spite of some mechanistic similarities that tetracyanoethylene and
4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione might have with the 4 + 2 addition of singlet oxygen, these
dienophiles show none of the ability that singlet oxygen has shown to add syn to a
plane-nonsymmetric isopropyl group. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2006.
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Morrison, Christopher F., Jamie P. Vaters, David O. Miller, and D. J. Burnell. 2006. "Facial selectivity in the 4 + 2 reactions of a diene derived from carvone." Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 4(6): 1160-1165.