cis-1,2-Dihydrocatechols 5 (X = Me and Cl), which are available in the homochiral form through the whole-cell biotransformation of toluene and chlorobenzene, respectively, undergo Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions with a range of electron-deficient dienophiles at 19 kbar (1.9 GPa). The favored products of such reactions are adducts of the general form 7 and that arise through the operation of a contrasteric or syn-addition pathway. In contrast, the acetonide derivatives of metabolites 5 undergo anti-selective addition reactions under the same conditions and so producing adducts of the general form 11. Bicyclo[2.2.2]octenes 7 and 11, which embody carbocyclic frameworks of opposite enantiomeric form, are useful scaffolds for chemical synthesis. Computational studies reveal that syn-adduct formation is kinetically and normally thermodynamically favored over anti-adduct formation when the free diols 5 are involved, but the reverse is so when the corresponding acetonides participate as the 4pi-addend. Furthermore, the reactions become more exothermic as pressure increases while, concurrently, the activation barrier diminishes and at 6 GPa (60 kbar) almost vanishes.

High-Pressure-Promoted and Facially Selective Diels-Alder Reactions of Enzymatically Derived cis-1,2-Dihydrocatechols and Their Acetonide Derivatives: Enantiodivergent Routes to Homochiral and Polyfunctionalized Bicyclo[2.2.2]octenes / Stewart, Scott G; Harfoot, Gwion J; Mcrae, Kenneth J; Teng, Yinglai; Yu, Li-Juan; Chen, Bo; Cammi, Roberto; Coote, Michelle L; Banwell, Martin G; Willis, Anthony C. - In: JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0022-3263. - 85:20(2020), pp. 13080-13095-13095. [10.1021/acs.joc.0c01767]

High-Pressure-Promoted and Facially Selective Diels-Alder Reactions of Enzymatically Derived cis-1,2-Dihydrocatechols and Their Acetonide Derivatives: Enantiodivergent Routes to Homochiral and Polyfunctionalized Bicyclo[2.2.2]octenes

Cammi, Roberto;
2020-01-01

Abstract

cis-1,2-Dihydrocatechols 5 (X = Me and Cl), which are available in the homochiral form through the whole-cell biotransformation of toluene and chlorobenzene, respectively, undergo Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions with a range of electron-deficient dienophiles at 19 kbar (1.9 GPa). The favored products of such reactions are adducts of the general form 7 and that arise through the operation of a contrasteric or syn-addition pathway. In contrast, the acetonide derivatives of metabolites 5 undergo anti-selective addition reactions under the same conditions and so producing adducts of the general form 11. Bicyclo[2.2.2]octenes 7 and 11, which embody carbocyclic frameworks of opposite enantiomeric form, are useful scaffolds for chemical synthesis. Computational studies reveal that syn-adduct formation is kinetically and normally thermodynamically favored over anti-adduct formation when the free diols 5 are involved, but the reverse is so when the corresponding acetonides participate as the 4pi-addend. Furthermore, the reactions become more exothermic as pressure increases while, concurrently, the activation barrier diminishes and at 6 GPa (60 kbar) almost vanishes.
2020
High-Pressure-Promoted and Facially Selective Diels-Alder Reactions of Enzymatically Derived cis-1,2-Dihydrocatechols and Their Acetonide Derivatives: Enantiodivergent Routes to Homochiral and Polyfunctionalized Bicyclo[2.2.2]octenes / Stewart, Scott G; Harfoot, Gwion J; Mcrae, Kenneth J; Teng, Yinglai; Yu, Li-Juan; Chen, Bo; Cammi, Roberto; Coote, Michelle L; Banwell, Martin G; Willis, Anthony C. - In: JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0022-3263. - 85:20(2020), pp. 13080-13095-13095. [10.1021/acs.joc.0c01767]
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