Diels−Alder Adducts of 5-Alkynylcyclopentadienols with Tetracyanoethylene and Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate: An X-ray Crystallographic Study of Unexpected Rearrangement Products

The Diels-Alder reaction of tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) with 1, 4-diethyl-5-(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl-2,3-diphenylcyclopentadien-5-ol (3a) occurs on the hydroxyl-bearing face of the diene and yields ultimately an imino lactone (5a), whereby the hydroxyl functionality has added across an exo nitrile linkage. TCNE and 5-(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl-1,2,3,4-tetraphenylcyclopentadien-5-ol (3b) behave analogously. In contrast, the [4 + 2] adduct of 3b with …