title: Synthesis of benzo- and naphthoquinonyl boronic acids: exploring the Diels-Alder reactivity.
abstract: Substituted 2-quinonyl boronic acids have been synthesised from 1,4-dimethoxy aromatic derivatives in two steps: regiocontrolled boronation and oxidative demethylation. The study of their dienophilic behaviour evidenced that the boron substituent significantly increases the reactivity and triggers an efficient domino process in which the Diels-Alder reaction was followed by a protodeboronation or dehydroboronation, depending on the substitution on both the quinone and diene partners. The boronic acid acts as a temporary controller, opening a direct access to trans-fused meta-regiosomeric adducts when 3-methyl-substituted 2-quinonyl boronic acids react with dienes with a substituent at C-1. A particularly valuable synthetic result was obtained in the reaction between 3,6-dimethyl-2-quinonyl boronic acid and piperylene under an oxygen atmosphere; trans-fused 8a-hydroxy-2,4a,8-trimethyl tetrahydronaphthoquinone was formed directly, in excellent yield and in a highly diastereoselective manner.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Orgánica (C-I), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veguillas
authors.forename: Maria C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Redondo
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ribagorda
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Carreño
mesh_terms: D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000737:chemistry*; D001897:Boronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D016227:Benzoquinones; D001897:Boronic Acids; C004532:quinone