Synfacts 2007(12): 1269-1269  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-991343
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Transannular Diels-Alder Reaction Catalyzed by Chiral Oxazaborolidine

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Joshua N. Payette
E. P. Balskus, E. N. Jacobsen*
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
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Publikationsdatum:
22. November 2007 (online)

Significance

While catalytic, asymmetric intermolecular and intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions are well established, the present paper provides the first report of the corresponding transannular Diels-Alder (TADA) reaction. A survey of various Lewis and Brønsted acid catalysts revealed that oxazaborolidine 1 was the only catalyst able to promote cyclization of macrolactone 2 (n, m = 1). Subsequently, various-sized macrocycles containing α,β-unsaturated lactone or ketone dienophilic moieties were cyclized to furnish tri­cyclic endo products containing medium-to-large-sized rings in good to excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivities.