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Relative Thermodynamic Stabilities of 3-Ethylidenecyclohexenes and Isomeric Ethylcyclohexadienes
Taskinen, Esko,Nummelin, Kari
, p. 11693 - 11698 (1994)
The relative thermodynamic stabilities of the E and Z forms of 3-ethylidenecyclohexene, 1-ethyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene, 2-ethyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene and 1-ethyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene were determined by t-BuOK catalyzed chemical equilibration in DMSO solution.From the variation of the equilibrium composition with temperature the enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs energy differences between the isomeric species were evaluated.The ethylidenecyclohexenes were found to be the most abundant species at thermodynamic equilibrium, owing to their 9-12 kJ mol-1 lower enthalpy values.The entropy term, however, favors the cyclohexadienes by 7-11 J K-1 mol-1.
Chiral Supramolecular U-Shaped Catalysts Induce the Multiselective Diels-Alder Reaction of Propargyl Aldehyde
Hatano, Manabu,Sakamoto, Tatsuhiro,Mizuno, Tomokazu,Goto, Yuta,Ishihara, Kazuaki
supporting information, p. 16253 - 16263 (2018/11/27)
The Diels-Alder reaction, which is a traditional [4 + 2] cycloaddition with two carbon-carbon bond formations, is one of the most powerful tools to synthesize versatile and unique six-membered rings. We show that chiral supramolecular U-shaped boron Lewis acid catalysts promote the unprecedented multiselective Diels-Alder reaction of propargyl aldehyde with cyclic dienes. Independent from the substrate control, enantio-, endo/exo-, π-facial-, regio-, site-, and substrate-selectivities could be controlled by the present U-shaped catalysts. The obtained reaction products could access the concise synthesis of chiral diene ligands and a key intermediate of (+)-sarkomycin. The results presented here might partially contribute to the development of artificial enzyme-like supramolecular catalysts for multiselective reactions, which will be able to target organic compounds that have thus far eluded synthesis.
