Anomalous Reactivity and Selectivity in the Intermolecular Diels-Alder Reactions of Multisubstituted Acyclic Dienes with Geometrical Isomers of Enals

Jia Hui Zhou, Sai Hu Cai, Yun He Xu, Teck Peng Loh

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Abstract

A Lewis-acid catalyzed intermolecular Diels-Alder reaction between multisubstituted acyclic dienes and the E and Z isomers of α,β-enals was studied. It was found that the diene reacted selectively with the Z-isomer of the α,β-enal.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2355-2358
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume18
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 May 2016
Externally publishedYes

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