Spirocyclisation modes in the formation of tricyclospirodienones
Abstract
Phenol-exo spirocyclisations of phenolic iodides 7–9 have been shown to proceed smoothly in the 5- and 6-exo-tet senses; in contrast the phenolic epoxides 13–15 fail to cyclise in these formally allowed modes and only the 7-endo type, e.g.14a→16 is viable: cyclisation via phenylthiiranium ions follows a similar pattern.