REACTION OF t-BUTOXY RADICALS WITH NORBORNADIENE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)80858-3

95 percent of the reaction of t-butoxy radicals with norbornadiene occurs by radical addition followed by rearrangement to nortricyclyl and 7-t-butoxynorbornenyl products; the remainder includes a novel radical rearragement involving a 1,3-H shift and some radical abstraction observed for the first time.