The microwave-assisted Diels-Alder [4+2]-cycloaddition reaction of chiral heterodienes i.e., enantiomerically pure α-oxo imines and α-diimines with fullerene C60 is reported. The four new adducts were fully characterized (elemental analysis, IR, 1H and 13C NMR, MS).
microwave-assisted synthesis - Diels-Alder cycloaddition - fullerene C60
- chiral α-oxo imines - α-diimines