The microwave-assisted intramolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of azomethine ylides to activated and nonactivated alkenes and alkynes is described. The procedure allows the synthesis of pyrrolidines and pyrrole products in good to excellent overall yields in short reaction times. It appears from parallel comparative studies that the microwave procedure favors the reaction times and overall purity of the crude reaction mixture. The reactions can also be performed in the absence of solvent. [reaction: see text]
A new class of hybrid molecules is accessed by elaborating testosterone's AB ring into the norsesquiterpene spirolactone AЈBЈ ring. The cyclic ene-acetal 6b, obtained by a PhI-(OAc) 2 -mediated domino process from vicinal unsaturated diol 5, is used for the synthesis of a norsesquiterpene spiro-
[structure: see text]. The first enantioselective total synthesis of 1-epi-pathylactone A, 3, has been accomplished using a PhI(OAc)2-mediated domino reaction as a key step. No diastereomeric separation was required throughout the whole synthetic scheme presented in this paper. Comparison of 1H and 13C NMR spectral data of the synthetic product with the reported spectral data of natural pathylactone A, coupled with an X-ray crystallographic analysis, led to the conclusion that the C1 configuration in the original paper was erroneously ascribed to (R).
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