Chiral discrimination in cycloaddition experiments
Abstract
Various applications of a chiral cyclopentadiene in chiral recognition experiments are reported. Racemic cyclic dienophiles undergo very efficient kinetic resolution while with prochiral cyclohexadienones discrimination of enantiotopic groups is observed. In one particular case a racemic exo-methylene lactone from to a highly stereospecific cycloaddition yielded to topographic resolution.