Popis: |
Lewis acid-promoted cyclizations of methylenecyclohexane siloxy acetals 14, 15 , and 21 afford spiro[4.5]decanones 22, 25 , and 29 in good yield. In all cases, exclusive pinacol rearrangement of C-1 of the original three-carbon acetal side chain is observed suggesting that pinacol rearrangement of the intermediate 9-decalyl cation occurs more rapidly than conformational equilibration. This selectivity should allow Prins-pinacol spiroannulations to be employed in a predictable fashion to construct stereochemically complex spirocycles. |