N-alkenyl nitrone dipolar cycloaddition routes to piperidines and indolizidines. Part 3. Approach to the gephyrotoxin ring system
Abstract
Intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition studies on the N-alkenyl nitrones 16, 17, 36 and 45 are reported. The regio- and stereo-chemistry of the product bicyclic isoxazolidines (precursors to ring B of gephyrotoxin 1) are sensitive to the nature and geometry of the alkene dipolarophile.