Abstract
Abstract The reaction of diazomethane with endo,cis-5,6-diacetoxy, dimesyloxy, bis(methoxycarbonyl) and dihydroxybicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene derivatives, respectively, afforded either only the anti adduct or a mixture of anti and syn adducts wherein the anti diastereoisomer was highly dominant (10:1). The observed facial selectivity provides convincing evidence that direct through space interactions between the attacking 1,3-dipole and acetoxy, hydroxy etc. substituents are, as a whole, repulsive. Steric “non-bonded” repulsions and dipole-dipole interactions override possible stabilizing interactions, e.g. orbital interactions and hydrogen bonding effects.
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