A two-step synthesis of 2-exo-substituted 2-endo-aminonorbornenes from 2-acetamidonorbornene-2-carboxylic acids

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)87043-5

2-exo-Substituted 2-endo-acetamidonorbornenes (3) were synthesized in a two-step procedure from 2-acetamidonorbornene-2-carboxylic acids (1, 1') with exceedingly high exo-selectivities based on a new approach involving anodic decarboxylation followed by o