Organic letters

Intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloadditions of fulvenes. Application to the kigelinol, neoamphilectane, and kempane skeletons

BC Hong, FL Chen, SH Chen, JH Liao, GH Lee

Index: Hong, Bor-Cherng; Chen, Fon-Len; Chen, Shang-Hung; Liao, Ju-Hsiou; Lee, Gene-Hsiang Organic Letters, 2005 , vol. 7, # 4 p. 557 - 560

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Citation Number: 47

Abstract

A variety of polycyclic ring skeletons (eg, kigelinol, neoamphilectane, and kempene systems) can be prepared rapidly via intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloadditions (IMDA) of fulvenes. The length of the tethers and the diversity of the substituents on the fulvene core dictate the nature of the IMDA pathway.