Stereoselective Free Radical Cycloaddition-macrocyclization in Facile Synthesis of \u3cem\u3etrans\u3c/em\u3e-cyclohexano-fused 12-membered Crown Thioethers

Homolytic cycloaddition of dithiols 1,2 derived from trans- and eis-1,2-cyclohexanediols to alkynes, induced by Pr3B-O2, offers an extremely simple approach to trans- and cis-cyclohexano-fused 12-membered crown thialactones 4a-c-7a-c. The reaction of trans-1 proceeds with pronounced remote 1,6-asymmetric induction to give predominantly (IS *, 6R *, 12S *)-4a–c, while cis-2 reacts nonstereoselectively. Basing on molecular mechanics calculations the stereoselectivity is rationalized as a result of entropy favored pathway of macrocyclization

Remote Asymmetric Induction in Free-Radical Cycloaddition Leading to Trans-Cyclohexano-Fused 12-Membered Crown Thioethers

Homolytic cycloaddition of dithiol 1, derived from trans-1,2-cyclohexanediol, to alkynes induced by Pr3BO2 occurs with 1,6-asymmetric induction to afford predominantly (1S∗, 6R∗, 12S∗)-trans-cyclohexano-fused 12-membered crown thialactones 4a-c. No pronounced diasteroselectivity was found in the corresponding reactions of dithiol 2, derived from cis-1,2-cyclohexanediol

Stereoselective Free-Radical Cycloaddition-Macrocyclization in Facile Synthesis of Trans-Cyclohexano-Fused 12-Membered Crown Thioethers

Homolytic cycloaddition of dithiols 1,2 derived from trans- and eis-1,2-cyclohexanediols to alkynes, induced by Pr3B-O2, offers an extremely simple approach to trans- and cis-cyclohexano-fused 12-membered crown thialactones 4a-c-7a-c. The reaction of trans-1 proceeds with pronounced remote 1,6-asymmetric induction to give predominantly (IS *, 6R *, 12S *)-4a–c, while cis-2 reacts nonstereoselectively. Basing on molecular mechanics calculations the stereoselectivity is rationalized as a result of entropy favored pathway of macrocyclization