Carbon Atom Insertion: A One-Step Synthesis of Tricyclo[3.2.1.02,7]octanes and Tricyclo[4.1.0.02,7]heptanes from Cyclohexenes1 |
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| Authors: | Robert M Cory Lester P J Burton Robert G Pecherle |
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| Institution: | Department of Chemistry , University of Western Ontario , London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Reinarz and Fonken have reported2 that the dibromocarbene adduct (1) of 1-methylcyclohexene, upon reaction with methylllthium at 0° in ether, produced exclusively the bicyclobutanes 2 and 3 in relative yields of 60% and 40%, respectively. We have prepared 1 by the phase-transfer method3 of Makosza and Fedorynski in a yield of 67%, found these previous results to be completely reproducible in our hands, and determined the combined yield of the two products (2 and 3) to be 67% also. Thus, the overall |
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