title: (Z)-3-p-tolylsulfinylacrylonitrile as a chiral dienophile: diels-alder reactions with furan and acyclic dienes
abstract: The behavior of (Z)-3-p-tolylsulfinylacrylonitrile (1) as a chiral dienophile has been evaluated from its reactions with furan and acyclic dienes. Electrostatic interactions of the cyano group with the sulfinyl one restrict the conformational mobility around the C-S bond, thus controlling the pi-facial selectivity, which is almost complete in all cases, the approach of the diene from the less-hindered face of the dienophile (that bearing the lone electron pair) in the predominant rotamer being the favored one. The regioselectivity is also completely controlled by the cyano group. Additionally, the reactivity of compound 1 as well as its endo-selectivity are both higher than those observed for the corresponding (Z)-3-sulfinylacrylates, thus proving the potential of sulfinylnitriles as chiral dienophiles.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Quimica Organica (C-I), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049-Madrid, Spain, and Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom.
authors.lastname: Garcia Ruano JL
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alemparte
authors.lastname: Martin Castro AM
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Ramos JH