Reaction of 4 with our "workhorse" 1) NaOH 2) nco, Liebigs Ann. 1996,585-592 0 VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, D-69451 Weinheim, 1996 0947 -3440/96/0404 ~ 0585 $ 1 5 .OO + .25/0 5 8 5 U. Brand, S. Hiinig
FULL PAPERane and trimethylsilyl chloride which on addition of triethylamine form the corresponding silyl nitronate. Although [3 + 21 cycloaddition of the latter to styrene (41%) is hampered by self-condensation of the nitronate[*I, quantitative formation of l l a , b from 10 is achieved, if the 1,3dipole is produced slowly within 3 days in a 2.5-fold excess (here and in forthcoming formulae a, b denominates the two isomers with respect to the double bond in the cyclopentene moiety). Heating of 11 a, b in triethylamine affords the hydroxy nitrile 12a, b in high yield. Both l l a , b and 12a, b are smoothly hydrogenated to their saturated counterparts llsat (in CH,Cl,) and 12sat (in MeOH), respectively (here and in the following "sat" means that these products differ from their starting material only by the saturated cyclopentane ring). For l l a , b in methanol as the solvent a mixture of llsat and 12sat is obtained. Interestingly, llsat is so much less soluble in triethylamine (higher symmetry responsible?) that the transformation to 12sat proceeds only with a cosolvent in a reasonable time. 10 a,b NC b) . 93 % 79 % ! = I d)]91 % % 74 e) % . H a 11 sat 12 sat a) NEt, + Me,SiCI in C,H,, Me NO, added over 3d; b) NEt, (solvent) 2d reflux; c) PdlC, H, , CH, CI , , 3d; d)Pd/C, H,, MeOH, 36h; e) Et,N/C,H, 1 :1, 3d reflux.