Reactions of coordinated cyclic polyolefins. A novel perispecific Diels-Alder reaction of tricarbonyl(η4-cycloheptatriene)iron and (carbomethoxy)maleic anhydride controlled by secondary orbital overlap

Zeev Goldschmidt, Shlomo Antebi, Hugo E. Gottlieb, Drora Cohen, Uri Shmueli, Zafra Stein

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Abstract

The cycloaddition reactions of (carbomethoxy)maleic anhydride (CMA) with (η4-cycloheptatriene)Fe(CO)3 and with uncoordinated cycloheptatriene were investigated. Both reactions are highly stereospecific and give single Diels-Alder adducts. The structure of the metal-bonded adduct X was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. A full analysis of the 1H and 13C NMR spectra of X is described. The corresponding uncomplexed adduct XI was obtained by Diels-Alder reaction of CMA with norcaradiene. The unusual Diels-Alder periselectivity and the stereochemical consequences of the 4 + 2 cycloaddition to X are best rationalized in terms of a concerted reaction controlled by secondary orbital interactions in the transition state.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)369-381
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume282
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Mar 1985

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Funding Information:
We thank Mrs. Sima Alfi for her assistance in the experimental work. Support by the Planning and Grant Committee of the Council for Higher Education for the purchase of the Bruker AM300 NMR spectrometer, and financial assistance from the Andre Narboni and Leon Recanati Scholarship Funds (to S-A.) are gratefully acknowledged.

Funding

We thank Mrs. Sima Alfi for her assistance in the experimental work. Support by the Planning and Grant Committee of the Council for Higher Education for the purchase of the Bruker AM300 NMR spectrometer, and financial assistance from the Andre Narboni and Leon Recanati Scholarship Funds (to S-A.) are gratefully acknowledged.

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