Base-induced rearrangements of bicyclo[2.2.1] and bicyclo[2.2.2]alkene-derived epoxides to ketones and alcohols

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(96)02432-X

Previously unreported base-induced transformations of rigid bicycloalkene-derived epoxides (4, 8, and 16) are described, providing insight into the rearrangement mechanisms which operate following α-lithiation in such systems.