Abstract
The debromination route (Zn/Ag in THF) which successfully produces 7-oxanorbomadienes fails in the norbornadiene series owing to different stereochemical positioning of the bromine substituents in the bicyclic precursors. A new oxygen, oxygen repulsive interaction is proposed to play a dominant but not exclusive role in determining stereochemical outcomes in the cycloaddition of 7-oxanorbomadienomaleimides with cyclopentadiene, furan and 2,5-dimethylfuran. The major product observed experimentally is in complete accord with that predicted by semi-empirical molecular orbital calculations (AM1).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7753-7756 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 42 |
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| Publication status | Published - 16 Oct 1995 |
| Externally published | Yes |