title: A facile synthesis of enantiopure tricyclic furanyl and pyranyl derivatives via tungsten-mediated cycloalkenation and Diels-Alder reaction.
abstract: We report the synthesis of chiral furanyl and pyranyl dienes 1 and 2 based on cycloalkenation of chiral tungsten alkynol complexes. These two dienes bear a chiral 1,3-dioxolane group to control diastereoselective Diels-Alder reactions with electron-deficient olefins. The chiral 1,3-dioxolane substituents of the cycloadducts were degraded into hydrogen atoms to make these molecules possess common furan and pyran rings. Dienes 1 and 2 are good building blocks for enantiopure forms of tricyclic oxygen compounds.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu,Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Heh-Lung
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Rai-Shung
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Liu