Lewis acid catalyzed Diels–Alder reactions of two useful dienyl phosphate esters

The Lewis acid catalyzed Diels-Alder reactions of dienyl phosphate esters 1 and 2 were examined. 2-Diethylphosphoryloxy-1,3-butadiene (1) was found to react with a variety of alpha beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds under Lewis acid catalysis with excellent regioselectivity to give synthetically useful cyclohexene derivatives. The adducts were produced in accordance with the normal rules governing the Diels-Alder addition. In the presence of stannic chloride acyclic alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones such as ethyl vinyl ketone and methyl vinyl ketone reacted rapidly with diene phosphate 1 to give exclusively the para-addition products 8 and 9 in excellent yields. When diene 1 was treated with the complex cyclic enone ester 14 in the presence of ferric chloride the single para-rule adduct 15 was obtained in good yield. The stannic chloride catalyzed Diels-Alder reactions of trans-2-diethylphosphoryloxy-1,3-pentadiene (2) were also studied. Diene phosphate 2 reacted efficiently with a number of acyclic alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones such as methyl vinyl ketone, ethyl vinyl ketone, and trans-3-penten-2-one with complete regio- and stereoselectivity to give single cyclohexene derivatives 38, 39, and 40.