ABSTRACT
There has been developed an easy synthetic approach to spiro[dihydrofuran-2,3'-oxindoles] via a highly diastereoselective formal [4 + 1] cycloaddition reaction of [e]-fused 1H-pyrrole-2,3-diones with diazooxindoles. The described novel heterocyclic systems are heteroanalogues of antimicrobial and antibiofilm fungal metabolites. The developed reaction represents the first example of involving 1H-pyrrole-2,3-diones fused at the [e]-side in a [4 + 1] annulation reaction.
ABSTRACT
[reaction: see text] 2-Polyfluoroalkylchromones react with 1,3,3-trimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines to give zwitterionic axially chiral 6,7-dihydrobenzo[a]quinolizinium derivatives in high yields. In addition, performing this reaction with aromatic methylketimines is a simple and convenient synthesis of 2,6-diaryl-4-polyfluoroalkylpyridines.