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SUBMITTER: Ding X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4378267 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tetrahedron letters 20141201 51
Diels-Alder reactions of five-membered heterocycles containing one heteroatom with an <i>N</i>-arylmaleimide were studied. Cycloaddition of 2,5-dimethylfuran (<b>4</b>) with 2-(4-methylphenyl)maleimide (<b>3</b>) in toluene at 60 °C gave bicyclic adduct <b>5</b>. Cycloadditions of <b>3</b> with 2,5-dimethylthiophene (<b>11</b>) and 1,2,5-trimethylpyrrole (<b>14</b>) were also studied. Interestingly, the bicyclic compound <b>5</b> cleanly rearranged, with loss of water, when treated with <i>p</i> ...[more]