tert-Butyl 2-en-7-ynoate
6 wastreated with(
2-propene)Ti(O-
i-Pr)
2(
3), generated
in situ fromTi(O-
i-Pr)
4 or Ti(O-
i-Pr)
3Cl and
i-PrMgCl, in ether at -50 to -20
C to afford theproduct
8 in good yield. The presenceof the intermediate titanabicycle
7 was verified bybis-deuterolysis with excess D
2O. When thetitanabicycle
7 wastreated with 1.1 equiv of
i-PrOD and then worked up asusual, the monodeuterated product
10 was obtainedwithhigh site selectivity and stereoselectivity. Other electrophilessuch as aldehydes and ketones also reacted with thetitanabicycle in a highly stereoselective manner to give cyclopentaneshaving a stereo-defined side chain. On thecontrary, treatment of the corresponding ethyl ester, ethyl8-(trimethylsilyl)-(
E)-2-octen-7-ynoate (
28),with
3 underthe same conditions followed by the addition of 1.1 equiv of
s-BuOH afforded2-(trimethylsilyl)-1-bicyclo[3.3.0]octen-3-one (
32) in 80% yield. Quenching the samereaction mixture with
i-PrOD, EtCHO, andEt
2CO in place of
s-BuOH gave 4-deuterio (with exclusive deuteriumincorporation), 4-(1-hydroxypropyl), and4-(1-ethyl-1-hydroxypropyl) derivatives of the above bicyclic ketone (
34,
35, and
36) in good yields. Theseelectrophiles were alwaysintroduced from the convex face of the bicyclic skeleton. Thestereochemistry of the cyclization could be controlledby an allylic substituent such as(
tert-butyl)dimethylsiloxy or butyl group to a highdegree yet with a reversaldiastereoselection to give
45 or
47. Thereaction of ethyl 7-octen-2-ynoate (
56) and
3 at-50 to 0
C took place ina quite different way to afford1-[(ethoxycarbonyl)methyl]bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane(
64) in 74% yield after hydrolysis.If the simple hydrolysis is replaced by deuterolysis or the actionof diethyl ketone,1-[(ethoxycarbonyl)dideuteriomethyl](with 99% deuterium incorporation), or1-[(ethoxycarbonyl)(3-pentylidene)methyl] derivative of theabove product(
65 or
66) was obtained in good yields. A7-en-2-ynoate having an internal
Z-double bond such as
80 afforded asingle stereoisomer
82 with the substituent at the
endo position of the bicyclic skeleton, suggesting thatthestereochemical integrity of the
Z-double bond of thestarting material was retained in the product. An alkylsubstituentat the allylic position of the substrates like
74 and
76 nicely controlled the stereochemistry of the cyclizationtoafford single products
75 and
77 with thesubstituent being placed in the
exo orientation of thebicyclic structure.This high diastereoselectivity was successfully applied to anenantioselective synthesis of
d-sabinene from anopticallyactive enynoate via nearly complete chirality transfer.