
%0 Journal Article
%A Banwell, Martin G. 
%A Chun, Cai 
%A Edwards, Alison J. 
%A Vögtle, Markus M. 
%T Competitive Intramolecular Diels&#8211;Alder Reactions of bis-&#945;,&#946;-Unsaturated Ester Derivatives of Enzymatically Derived and Enantiopure <emph type="2">cis</emph>-1,2-Dihydrocatechols. Enantiodivergent Synthesis of Monochiral Bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-enes
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 2003/08/08
%V 56
%N 9
%P 861-869
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH03112
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH03112 
%X bis-Crotonate and related &#945;,&#946;-unsaturated ester derivatives of readily available and enantiomerically pure cis-1,2-dihydrocatechols engage, upon heating in refluxing toluene, in two competitive intramolecular Diels&#8211;Alder reactions to give varying mixtures of chromatographically separable and pseudo-enantiomeric bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-enes. Such adducts, many of which have been characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis, are likely to serve as useful building blocks in natural products synthesis. 
