Diels-Alder in Aqueous Molecular Hosts: Unusual Regioselectivity and Efficient Catalysis

Michito Yoshizawa, Masazumi Tamura, Makoto Fujita*

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Diels-Alder Reaction

Epoxidation

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aza-Cope rearrangement

Fe

Regioselective cycloaddition

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1

4

9

10

3a 79.43b 49.8

Barrier (kJ mol-1)

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Diels-Alder Reaction

anthracenes phthalimides

B-ring A-ring

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1’

H2O

70 oC

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RSi(OMe)3

Cyclic siloxane formation

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Td

C3v

5 hr

Syn-1,4-Diels-Alder adduct (5)

Yield : > 98 %

No other : 1,9-adduct or anti-1,4-adduct

9 ,10-Diels-Alder adduct

44 %

without 1

π-π stacking interaction(3.3 Å)

N

O

O

4b3c

OH

+

19, 10 -adduct

5 hr

> 99 %

(10 mmol%)

aromatic-aromatic orcharge-transfer interactions

the host-guest aromatic stacking interaction

the encapsulated product is considerablydestabilized and smoothly replaced by incoming reagents