Dimethyl octamethyltricyclo[4.2.2.02,5]deca-3,7,9-triene-7,8-dicarboxylate (Cookson's diester) revisited: Cope rearrangement and epoxidation site selectivity

Autor: I. G. Pitt, Richard A. Russell, Edward R. T. Tiekink, G. M. Elsey, Ronald N. Warrener
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron Letters. 35:1075-1078
ISSN: 0040-4039
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)79969-2
Popis: Dimethyl octamethyltricyclo[4.2.2.0 2,5 ]deca-3,7,9-triene-7,8-dicarboxylate (Cookson's diester) ( 8 ) is rearranged thermally via a double Cope reaction to its ring-degenerate isomer ( 14 ). The structure of diester ( 8 ) (indirectly) and the rearrangement product ( 14 ) (directly) are placed on an unequivocal base by X-Ray structure analysis. AMI semi-empirical calculations support the preferential formation of ( 8 ) from the reaction of DMAD with transient intermediate diene ( 7 ). Epoxidation studies (mCPBA) have been conducted and firm site selectivities determined. A correction is made to an earlier report on the epoxidation selectivity of ( 18 ).
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