Synthesis of new polycyclic compounds by means of intramolecular Diels-AMer reactions of cyclohexa-2,4-dien-l-one derivatives
SummaryThermal rearrangement of mesityl penta-2,4-dienyl ether (l), consisting of the isomers E (93%) and Z (7%), furnished, besides mesitol, the two mesityl penta-1,3-dienyl ethers 2 (24%) and 3 (3%), and the two tricyclic ketones 4 (4,5%) and 5 (12,5%) (Scheme 1). A probable mechanism for this formation of 2 involves a The tricyclic ketones 4 and 5 are undoubtedly formed by internal Diels-Alder reactions of the 6-pentadienyl-cyclohexa-2,4-dien-l-one 6 (Scheme 2). In fact, at 80" 6 is converted into 4 (5%) and 5 (35%). At 80" the cyclohexadienone derivative 7 furnished the corresponding tricyclic ketones 8 (15%) and 9 (44%) (Scheme 2). 5 and 9 contain a homotwistane skeleton. 8 and 9 are easily prepared by reaction of sodium 2,6-dimethylphenolate with 3-methyl-penta-2,4-dienyl bromide at ambient temperature, followed by heating, and finally separation by cristallization and chromatoThe cyclohexadienones 6 and 7 have mainly (E)-configuration. Here too ( E ) + (2) isomerization is a prerequisite for the internal Diels-Alder reaction, and this partly takes place intramolecularly through reversible Claisen and Cope rearrangements (Scheme 17). On the other hand, experiments in the presence of 3,5-dz-mesitol have shown ( Table I ) that intermolecular reactions, involving radicals and/or ions, are also operating (see Chapter B, p. 1712).Two different modi (I and 11) exist for intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions (Scheme 18). Whereas only modus I is observed in the cyclization of 5-alkenylgraphy.
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