title: Conservation of the planar chiral information in the tandem oxy-cope/ene reaction.
abstract: [reaction: see text] We report the stereoselective synthesis of a Decalin unit using a tandem oxy-Cope/ene reaction. [3,3]-Shift of 1,2-divinylcyclohexenol 18 generates (1E, 3Z, 7E) cyclodecatrien-2-ol 23 which tautomerizes to ketone 21 (Figure 3). The chiral information embedded in 23 is transferred into the newly formed stereogenic carbon C6 in 21. The efficiency of the chirality transfer is a reflection of the difference in the rates of ring inversion versus tautomerization of 23. Ketone 21 undergoes a carbonyl-ene reaction to give Decalin 20. Assuming a rapid equilibrium between macrocyclic diastereomers, the diastereomeric ratio of the transannular ene reaction is governed by the Curtin-Hammett principle. Analysis of the conservation of the planar chiral information in the tandem oxy-Cope/ene reaction is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, 10 Marie Curie, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5.
authors.forename: Danny
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gauvreau
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barriault