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For cycloaddition to Fullerene powder, 39722, see: J. Org. Chem., 60, 6353 (1995).• Reaction with imines in the presence of ZnCl2 leads to 4-oxotetrahydropyridines: Tetrahedron Lett., 23, 3739 (1982). For an example in synthesis of the manzamine marine alkaloids, see: J. Org. Chem., 57, 5741 (1992); J. Am. Chem. Soc., 117, 2363 (1995). For enantioselective asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction with an imine catalyzed by a BINOL boron Lewis acid, see: Tetrahedron, 49, 1749 (1993). For aza Diels-Alder reactions with imines in water under neutral conditions, see: Chem. Commun., 574 (2003).
• An improved procedure for the conversion of the initial adducts to enones involves treatment with TMS-OTf: J. Org. Chem., 55, 3693 (1990).
• For cycloaddition to phenyl vinyl sulfone, see: J. Org. Chem., 48, 4986 (1983). Details have been given for the addition to a cyclic vinyl sulfone: Org. Synth. Coll., 8, 38 (1993).
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The diene also undergoes cycloaddition reactions with heterodienophiles. Thus addition to carbonyl groups gives 2,3-dihydro--pyrones: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 104, 358 (1982); Heterocycles, 32, 273 (1991). See also Tris(6,6,7,7,8,8,8-heptafluoro-2,2-dimethyl-3,5-octanedionato)europium(III), 33541. For asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction with aldehydes, mediated by a chiral Lewis acid derived from BINOL ((R)-(+)-1,1'-Bi(2-naphthol), L08305) and Ti(O-i-Pr)4, see: J. Org. Chem., 60, 5998 (1995):

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Oxygen-functionalized diene, useful for the regiospecific introduction of cyclohexanone or cyclohexenone groupings by cycloaddition with dienophiles: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 96, 7807 (1974); 100, 6536, 7098 (1978). Review: Acc. Chem. Res., 14, 400 (1981); review of cycloaddition reactions of silyloxydienes: Synthesis, 85 (1983); example and discussion: Org. Synth. Coll., 7, 312 (1990):
