文摘
We exploit the Buchner reaction to access 1,2-disubstituted cyclohexadiene synthons (norcaradienes), which participate in Hb>2b>O-accelerated cycloaddition with dieneophiles to provide cyclopropyl-fused [2.2.2]-bicyclooctene derivatives in good yields. Regioisomeric mixtures can be kinetically separated by exploiting different reaction rates in Diels–Alder reactions. Meso-Diels–Alder products may be enantioselectively desymmetrized, providing highly substituted cyclohexanes with up to seven contiguous stereocenters.