Stereochemistry of the thermal isomerizations of (1/R,2R)-1-((E)-Styryl)-2-methylcyclopropane to 3-phenyl-4-methylcyclopentenes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00076a021

(1A,2R)-1-((E)-Styryl)-2-methylcyclopropane at 250 °C racemizes and isomerizes to 6-phenylhexa-1,4-(Z)-diene and to the four isomers of 3-phenyl-4-methylcyclopentene. From the measured rate constants for racemization and for structural isomerizations, and