Wang resin-bound intermediates derived from Fmoc-
L-phenylalaninal and Fmoc-
L-valinal, and aresin supported Horner-
Wadsworth-Emmons reaction, were treated with cinnamaldehydederivatives, acetic acid, and borohydride to give secondary amines which were subsequentlybenzoylated to afford various derivatives of
3. Heating
3 at 95
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C induced cycloaddition reactionsand produced
4 as the major product. Compounds
3 which were derived from 4-methoxycinnamaldehyde were more reactive, but did not give
4 and
4-
7g. The direct cleavage of
3b using TFA ledto the isolation of cycloaddition-demethylation product
10. The derivative of
3, which containedan electron-withdrawing nitro group on the phenyl ring, produced a single diastereomer of
4. TheDiels-Alder cycloaddition between two electron-deficient counterparts showed similar reactivityto that of the reactions which have a normal complementary electron-demand.