Synthesis 2004(3): 401-404  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815929
PAPER
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Isoxazoles as Latent Siloxybutadienes: An Easy Entry to Polyfunctionalized Benzene Systems via Diels-Alder Reaction with Acetylenes

Asunción Barbero, Francisco J. Pulido*
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid 47005, Spain
Fax: +34(983)423210; e-Mail: pulido@qo.uva.es;
Further Information

Publication History

Received 22 November 2003
Publication Date:
26 January 2004 (online)

Abstract

Base-induced or reductive cleavage of isoxazole rings followed by silylation of the resulting open-chain products affords bis(siloxy)butadienes in high yields. Their synthetic usefulness in the construction of multifunctionalized aromatic systems, via Diels­-Alder reactions, is shown. The ability of bis(siloxy)butadienes to undergo deprotonation and reaction with electrophiles is also studied.