title: Development of domino processes by using 7-silylcycloheptatrienes and its analogues.
abstract: 7-Silyl- and 7-silylmethylcycloheptatrienes were shown to react with acylnitroso reagents at room temperature, through their norcaradiene forms, to generate the corresponding cycloadducts 5 a-b and 6 a-b as single diastereomers. The course of the reaction was dramatically modified by changing the reaction conditions. Using a polar medium, functionalized cyclohexa-1,3-dienes 7 a-b and bicyclic compounds 13 a-b were instead generated, incorporating one or two amino groups. Similar behavior was observed by using other dienophiles, including triazolinedione, but also activated aldehydes and ketones. A tentative mechanism has been proposed to rationalize the formation of both classes of products that relies on a domino process involving four consecutive elementary steps, in this order: 1) electrocyclic process, 2) hetero-Diels-Alder reaction, 3) cyclopropane ring opening, and 4) hetero-Diels-Alder reaction. Trapping of the cationic intermediate and isolation of the primary cycloadduct provide support for this hypothesis. An enantioselective version of the cascade using cycloheptatriene 4 b and aldehydes and ketones, under copper(II) catalysis was also carried out, leading to cyclohexa-1,3-dienes 21, 28, and 30 with enantioselectivities up to 93 % ee. Finally, elaboration of the intermediates above has been carried out, opening a straightforward access to sugar mimics 42-43 and complex polycyclic systems 36 and 39.
authors.affiliation: Université de Bordeaux, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, UMR-CNRS 5255, 351, cours de la libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Redouane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beniazza
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Desvergnes
authors.forename: Emeline
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Girard
authors.forename: Brice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kauffmann
authors.forename: Muriel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berlande
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Landais