Intramolecular cycloadditions of nitrones derived from optically active 1-alkenyl-2-imidazolecarbaldehydes: regio- and diastereoselectivity

Autor: Alessandro Contini, Gaetano Zecchi, Egle M. Beccalli, Ivan De Marchi, Caterina Zoni, Gianluigi Broggini
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron: Asymmetry. 15:3181-3187
ISSN: 0957-4166
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2004.07.065
Popis: Enantiopure polyfunctionalized imidazo[1,2- a ]pyridines and pyrrolo[1,2- a ]imidazoles, two classes of heterocyclic compounds including anti-inflammatories and glycosidase inhibitors, were synthesized starting from natural α-aminoacids and exploiting an intramolecular nitrone cycloaddition as the key step. The regiochemistry of the cycloaddition, which determines the product distribution, was markedly dependent on the R substituent and, therefore, submitted to a theoretical study by means of ab initio and MP2 calculations.
Databáze: OpenAIRE