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Date of Award
Spring 2011
Document Type
Restricted Thesis: Campus only access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Chemistry
First Advisor
Dr. C. Wade Downey
Abstract
Ynoate esters carry the ability to undergo two sequential 1,4-additions in a single reaction flask, provided that the nascent enoate or allenolate anion can be protonated in situ. By employing a catalytic amount of trialkylamine base, significant progress has been made toward this goal for thiol nucleophiles and cyclopentadiene. Amine-catalyzed thioconjugate addition affords ?-thio enoates with high geometric purity, which are oxidized in situ in the presence of LiClO4 to the corresponding Z-?-sulfones that further react with cyclopentadiene, resulting in Diels–Alder products that are bicyclic, stereochemically complex carboxylic acid derivatives.
Recommended Citation
Craciun, Smaranda, "One-pot heteroconjugate addition - oxidation - Diels-Alder reaction" (2011). Honors Theses. 139.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/139