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NOVEL PROCESS
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Page/Page column 28, (2009/04/25)
The present invention relates to a process for the production of formyl cyclohexene derivatives which are suitable as odorants as such or as intermediates for the preparation of further odorants. In particular the present invention relates to a domino-methylenation-Diels-Alder reaction of, α,β-unsaturated aldehydes using formaldehyde in the presence of 1,3-butadienes
Organocatalytic multicomponent α-methylenation/diels-alder reactions: A versatile route to substituted cyclohexenecarbaldehyde derivatives
Zou, Yue,Wang, Quanrui,Goeke, Andreas
experimental part, p. 5335 - 5345 (2009/05/28)
This article describes the design and optimization of an effective organocatalytic three-componentdomino α-methylenation/Diels-Alder reaction to produce vinyl-substituted cyclohexenecarboxaldehydes in a highly regioselective fashion. In these one-pot transformations, 2-formyl-1,3- butadienes (4) were prepared in situ from α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and formalin and were subsequently trapped with a variety of buta-l,3-dienes. The outcomes of the reactions were dependent on the electronic properties of the dienes. 1-Vinylcyclohexenecarbaldehydes 6 were formed by use of acyclic electron-rich dienes, while the initially formed cycloadducts of 4 with cyclopentadiene underwent Cope rearrangements, leading to the formation of tetrahydro-3H-indene-5-carbaldehyde compounds 7. The mechanisms involved in these reactions were deduced from experimental findings. Furthermore, the method was also extended to one-pot domino methylenation/ Diels-Alder reactions of dihydrofurans and dihydropyrans to yield spirocyclic lactols 22. In these reactions, the unstable intermediate hydroxyethyl and hydroxypropyl acroleins behaved as dienophiles, undergoing cycloaddition reactions with dienes with good yields and selectivities. The wide variety of functionalized 1-vinylcyclohex-3-enecarbaldehydes 6, 4-vinylcyclohex-l-enecarbaldehydes 7, and spiro lactols 22 generated through the use of these organocatalytic domino processes as a diversityoriented synthesis provided useful intermediates for the construction of novel odorants.
