Cycloaddition reactions (Huisgen reaction, DielsAlder reaction) of diazo compounds and dienes with dehydroamino acids derivatives (dehydroalanine, dehydrophenylalanine) are a convenient method for the synthesis of functionalized ring systems like pyrazolines [1], pyrazoles [2], cyclopropanes
[3,4], norbornenes
[5,6], and 9,10-ethanoanthracenes [7]. The interest in these carbo-and heterocycles representa-tives is due to the possibility of their use as precursors for the synthesis of cyclic α-amino acids, which are promising in terms of their structural and biological properties [8-10].
We first carried out the reaction of methyl 2-acetylaminoacrylate I with aliphatic dienes, the 2,3-dimethylbutadiene and isoprene.