title: A diastereoselective switch in the access to isobenzofuran-derived alpha-selenoesters
abstract: The cycloaddition of 1-phenylisobenzofuran (PIBF) with methyl acrylate yields, in a moderate endo/exo ratio, the expected oxa-bridged adduct, which can be deprotonated and condensed on diphenyl diselenide to provide, in a stereoconvergent step, the "endo" alpha-selenoester. Its "exo" epimer is obtained by reacting PIBF and methyl alpha-phenylselenoacrylate. These adducts can be oxidized to give a common unsaturated bridged ester that can react with an imminium ylide to provide the expected pyrrolidine stereoselectively.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Fonctions Azotees et Oxygenees Complexes de l'IRCOF, Universite de Rouen, Mont St Aignan, France.
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mailliet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maddaluno