X=Y-ZH SYSTEMS AS POTENTIAL 1,3-DIPOLES .39. METALLO-AZOMETHINE YLIDES FROM ALIPHATIC ALDIMINES - FACILE REGIO-SPECIFIC AND STEREO-SPECIFIC CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS
Aliphatic aldimines of alanine ester, a thiolactone and a lactam undergo AgOAc catalysed regio- and stereo-specific endo-cycloaddition to dipolarophiles whilst LiBr leads mainly to Michael adducts. Metallo-azomethine ylide formation occurs stereospecifically in toluene but, in the case of alanine ester aldimines, stereoselectively in acetonitrile.