TETRAHEDRON, cilt.50, sa.7, ss.2099-2106, 1994 (SCI-Expanded)
Asymmetric thermal Diels-Alder reactions with chiral dienophiles l-menthyl acrylate and l-menthyl allyl ether, using hexachlorocyclopentadiene (HCC) gave cycloadducts of up to 15%ee. Milder reaction conditions achieved by the use of Lewis acid catalysis increased the optical yields up to 2.8 fold. The catalyzed and uncatalyzed reactions using l-menthyl acrylate result in the formation of adducts having opposite configurations. The products have also been resolved via diastereomer formation as pure enantiomers.