Stereoselective cycloaddition of dibenzoxazepinium ylides to acetylenes and fullerene C60. Conformational behavior of 3-aryldibenzo[b,f]pyrrolo[1,2-d][1,4]oxazepine systems.

Cycloaddition of dibenzoxazepinium ylides to acetylene carboxylates leads to cis-3-aryl-3,13b-dihydrodibenzo[b,f]pyrrolo[1,2-d][1,4]oxazepinecarboxylates, which smoothly dehydrogenate to the corresponding pyrrole derivatives. The o-bromophenyl-substituted pyrrole, in contrast to the pyrroline analogue, demonstrates atropoisomerism. Stereoselective cycloaddition of dibenzoxazepinium ylides to fullerene C(60) gives rise to fulleropyrrolidines with cis-configuration. Restricted Ph group rotation is found in the phenyl derivative. Only one of two possible atropoisomers is formed in the reaction of o-bromophenyl-substituted ylide with fullerene C(60). Details of cycloaddition and conformational behavior of cycloadducts were studied by DFT computations.