ChemInform Abstract: INTRAMOLECULAR DIELS-ALDER REACTION WITH FURAN-DIENE. 1. A NOVEL ENTRY TO THE BCD-RING SYSTEM OF 11-OXO STEROIDS

1985 ◽  
Vol 16 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. VAN ROYEN ◽  
R. MIJNGHEER ◽  
P. J. DE CLERCQ
Author(s):  
S. Gopinath ◽  
P. Narayanan ◽  
K. Sethusankar ◽  
Meganathan Nandakumar ◽  
Arasambattu K. Mohanakrishnan

The title compounds, C21H16O2S2(I) and C25H20O2(II), are products of a tandem `pincer' Diels–Alder reaction consisting of [2 + 2] cycloadditions between benzo[c]furan and cyclopentanone. Each comprises a fused tetracyclic ring system containing two five-membered rings (inenvelopeconformations with the O atom as the flap) and six-membered rings (inboatconformations). In addition, two thiophene rings in (I) and two phenyl rings in (II) are attached to the tetracyclic ring system. The cyclopentanone ring adopts atwistedconformation in (I) and anenvelopeconformation in (II). In (I), the thiophene rings are positionally disordered over two sets of sites, with occupancy ratios of 0.901 (2):0.099 (2) and 0.666 (2):0.334 (2). In (II), the oxygen atom of the cyclopentanone ring is rotationally disordered over two sites with an occupancy ratio of 0.579 (4):0.421 (4). The molecular structure of (I) is stabilized by an intramolecular C—H...O hydrogen bond, which generates anS(7) ring motif. In the crystal, the molecules are linkedviaweak C—H...O hydrogen bonds, which generateR22(16) ring motifs in (I) andC(8) chains in (II). In both structures, the crystal packing also features C—H...π interactions. The crystal studied of compound (I) was twinned by non-merohedry. The twin component is related by the twin law [−1 0 0 −0.101 1 −0.484 0 0 −1] operated by a twofold rotation axis parallel to thebaxis. The structure of (I) was refined with a twin scale factor of 0.275 (2).


1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (7) ◽  
pp. 1135-1147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsing-Jang Liu ◽  
Wen-Lung Yeh ◽  
Eric N.C. Browne

Several 2-carbalkoxy-2-cyclohepten-1-ones were prepared and their Diels–Alder characteristics examined in order to develop a facile general approach to the synthesis of cycloheptane ring-containing polycyclic natural products. Substitution pattern on the seven-membered ring was found to greatly affect the Diels–Alder behavior. In addition, some extraordinary facial stereoselectivity was observed. Keywords: Diels–Alder reaction, 2-carbalkoxy-2-cyclohepten-1-ones, 6,7-fused ring system.


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