Stereochemistry and stereocontrolled reactions in hydroazulene chemistry: functionalization in a 3,8a-dihydroazulene via singlet oxygenation
Abstract
The racemic dihydroazulene (1) is resolved on triacetyl cellulose into its pure enantiomers; treatment of (1) with N-methyltriazolinedione and with singlet oxygen leads to the polycyclic compounds (2) and (3), respectively; (3) is converted to the dione (5), via(4), and to the diepoxide (6); all reactions are highly diastereoselective.