Abstract
Treatment of solutions of the furfuryl alcohol 6 in dichloromethane–methanol with buta-1,3-diene or cyclohexa-1,3-diene or with cyclopentadiene in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid leads to the corresponding substituted furyl tetrahydrofurans, 8 , 12 and 15 respectively, rather than to the products 10 , 13 and 16 anticipated from intermolecular (4+3)-type cycloaddition reactions. These outcomes provide indirect experimental support for a stepwise carbonium ion pathway operating in (4+3)-cycloaddition reactions between furanoxonium ions and 1,3-dienes. Alongside other results, the outcomes also highlight a limitation to (4+3) cycloadditions in cycloheptene ring synthesis when the precursors contain hydroxyl groups capable of intercepting any carbonium ion intermediates leading to O-heterocyclic by-products.
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