Reactions of enamines of cyclodecanone and cyclododecanone with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate in apolar and in polar solvents

G.J.M. Vos*, P.H. Benders, R.J.M. Egberink, D.N. Reinhoudt, S. Harkema, G.J. van Hummel, A. J.A. van der Weerdt, A.J.A. van der Weerdt

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    Abstract

    Enamines of cyclodecanone and cyclododecanone (1a‐d) react with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) in an apolar solvent via (2 + 2) cycloaddition and conrotatory opening of the cyclobutene ring in 3 to give the cis,trans‐cycloalkadienes 5a‐d in yields of 44–85%. The compounds 5 do not undergo further thermal or photochemical transformation of the cis,trans moiety. In methanol, the enamines react with DMAD to give bicyclo[7.2.1]dodecene (8a) or bicyclo[9.2.1]tetradecene (8b and 8c) derivatives. These reactions take place via intramolecular nucleophilic addition of the enamine moiety to the α‐methoxycarbonyl group in 10, which is formed from the intermediate Michael adduct 9. The structure of 8b was determined by single‐crystal X‐ray analysis.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)380-386
    Number of pages7
    JournalRecueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays‐Bas
    Volume105
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1986

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