Abstract
A detailed account regarding a formal [3 + 3] cycloaddition method using 4-hydroxy-2-pyrones and 1,3-diketones is described here. This formal cycloaddition reaction or annulation reaction is synthetically useful for constructing 2H-pyranyl heterocycles. The usage of α,β-unsaturated iminium salts is significant in controlling competing reaction pathways to give exclusively 2H-pyrans. Most significantly, experimental evidence is provided to support the mechanism of this reaction that involves a sequential Knoevenagel condensation and a reversible 6π-electron electrocyclic ring-closure of 1-oxatrienes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1729-1735 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Organic Chemistry |
Volume | 68 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 7 2003 |