title: Highly efficient induction of chirality in intramolecular
abstract: Highly stereocontrolled, intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloadditions between ketenimines and imines leading to 1,2-dihydroazeto[2, 1-b]quinazolines have been achieved. The source of stereocontrol is a chiral carbon atom adjacent either to the iminic carbon or nitrogen atom. In the first case, the stereocontrol stems from the preference for the axial conformer in the first transition structure. In the second case, the origin of the stereocontrol lies on the two-electron stabilizing interaction between the C-C bond being formed and the sigma orbital corresponding to the polar C-X bond, X being an electronegative atom. These models can be extended to other related systems for predicting the stereochemical outcome in this intramolecular reaction.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Quimica Organica, Facultad de Quimica,Campus de Espinardo, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Cossio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arrieta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lecea
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alajarin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tovar