A. Meijere, L. Hadjiarapoglou, M. Noltemeyer
Mar 1, 1998
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European Journal of Organic Chemistry
Abstract
2′-Alkoxytricyclo[3.2.1.02,7]octanes 4-R are obtained in good to excellent yields from methyl 2-chloro-2-cyclopropylideneacetate (3) and the dienolates derived from the 3-alkoxycyclohex-2-enones 1-R and 2-R, by a cascade of two consecutive Michael additions and a γ-elimination. Compounds 4-R are transformed to the correspondingly substituted bicyclo[3.2.1]octanecarboxylates 5 by treatment with acid. 2′-Methoxytricyclooctanes 4a−d-Me are readily deprotonated to give chelation-stabilized cyclopropyllithium derivatives 6-Me, which react with electrophiles to yield the 7′-substituted tricyclo[3.2.1.02,7]octanes 4f−i-Me (61−66%). By acidic workup of such reaction mixtures, or subsequent treatment of the isolated products 4f−i-Me with acid, efficient transformation to the correspondingly substituted bicyclo[3.2.1]octanecarboxylates 5 is observed.