Stereoelectronic Effects on Dienophile Separation Influence the Diels-Alder Synthesis of Molecular Clefts

Autor: Jeffrey Y. W. Mak, David P. Fairlie, Allan H. White, Martin J. Stoermer, Alexandre N. Sobolev, David C. R. Hockless, Karl A. Byriel, Brian W. Skelton, W. A. Wickramasinghe
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2017:6793-6796
ISSN: 1434-193X
Popis: The formal cycloaddition adduct of 1,4-benzoquinone with two equivalents of cyclopentadiene is a scaffold with two non-conjugated alkenes. Both alkenes undergo endo [4+2] cycloaddition with a diene to form a rigid U-shaped molecular cleft. Here we show experimental, computational and structural evidence that π interactions between the alkenes affect structural rigidity, Diels–Alder reactivity, cleft formation and host–guest capture.
Databáze: OpenAIRE