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SANTOYO, Blanca M. et al. New Captodative Olefíns: 3-(2-Furoyloxy)-3-buten-2-one and Alkyl 2-(2-Furoyloxy)-2-propenoates, and their Reactivity in Addition Reactions. J. Mex. Chem. Soc [online]. 2007, vol.51, n.4, pp.198-208. ISSN 1870-249X.

A new series de captodative olefins 3-(2-furoyloxy)-3-buten-2-one and alkyl 2-(2-furoyloxy)-2-propenoates, 3a-3c, has been prepared with the aim of evaluating the effect of a heterocycle in the electron-donating moiety on the reactivity of these compounds in Diels-Alder and conjugate additions. In the former reactions, their behavior has been evaluated by reacting under thermal and catalyzed conditions with cyclopentadiene (9) and cyclohexadiene (12) as the dienes, showing a comparable reactivity, but a lower stereoselectivity, with respect to the reference captodative olefins 1a and 2a. In the case of conjugate additions, the Friedel-Crafts reaction of the highly activated benzene ring of 1,2,4-trimethoxybenzene (7) led to the corresponding adduct 8 only for olefin 3a. Ab initio calculations (HF/6-31G*) of the energies and coefficients of the FMOs were carried out to explain the experimental reactivity in both processes. The results suggest that both the electron-withdrawing and the 2-furoyloxy groups are involved in controlling the reactivity and selectivity of olefins 3.

Palabras llave : Captodative olefins; 2-furoyloxy group; Diels-Alder; Friedel-Crafts; FMO.

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