Artigo Revisado por pares

Variable Markovnikov Orientation and “cis Effect” in Ene Reactions of Nitrosocarbonyl Intermediates

2007; American Chemical Society; Volume: 72; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/jo0622025

ISSN

1520-6904

Autores

Paolo Quadrelli, Mariella Mella, Andrea Piccanello, S. Romano, Pierluigi Caramella,

Tópico(s)

Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis

Resumo

Nitrosocarbonyl intermediates, generated at room temperature by the mild oxidation of nitrile oxides, undergo clean ene reactions with trisubstituted olefins. Allylic hydrogens on the more congested side of the alkene are exclusively abstracted (the "cis effect"), thus resembling singlet oxygen behavior. Nitrosocarbonyl benzene follows a Markovnikov orientation and abstracts preferentially the twix hydrogens over the lone ones. With the more sterically demanding nitrosocarbonyl mesitylene, the Markovnikov directing effect is relieved, and comparable twix and lone abstraction are observed.

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