This article presents complete diastereo- and highly enantioselective synthesis of nitroso Diels-Alder-type bicycloketones using dienamine. With the hydrogen bonding of two hydroxyls in the bulkybinaphthol
1c, high enantioselectivities and complete diastereoselectivity are realized in 2-oxa-3-aza-bicycloketone synthesis. On the other hand,
,
-unsaturated ketone can be employed as diene precursor,utilizing readily available tetrazole catalyst
3b, to provide the 3-oxa-2-aza-bicycloketones in moderate yieldswith complete enantioselectivities. Investigation into the reaction utilizing 2-morpholino-4,4-diphenylcyclohexadiene
2d clearly indicated that cyclization with the bulky binaphthol
1c is involved in the sequentialprocess, the
N-nitroso aldol reaction, followed by Michael addition. In addition, optically pure 1-amino-3,4-diol is synthesized from 2-oxa-3-aza-bicycloketones. Use of
p-phenoxynitrosobenzene allows access toprotected amino diol via cleavage of the N-Ph bond.