Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5268524 | Tetrahedron Letters | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Ethyl isonicotinate reacts with tertiary cyanoacetylenic alcohols under exceptionally mild conditions (room temperature, without catalyst or solvent) to afford novel polycondensed heterocyclic systems, 4,15-dioxa-7,12-diazapentacyclo[9.5.2.02,10.03,7.012,16]octadeca-8,17-dienes, in 30–68% yields. This tandem cyclization is regio- and stereospecific. Despite several asymmetric carbons (up to six) being present in the molecules, only one diastereomer is formed and both cyanomethylidene fragments possess exclusively Z-configuration. The tandem sequence includes the formation of 1,3-oxazolidino-1,2-dihydropyridines which undergo Diels–Alder cyclodimerization to give the final products.
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