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Hydrogenation and Dimerization of Bicyclohepta-2,5-diene Catalyzed by Cobalt(I) Complexes
Kanai,Hiroyoshi,Watabe, Yoshiyuki,Nakayama, Taisei
, p. 1277 - 1278 (1986)
Bicyclohepta-2,5-diene 1 was hydrogenated to bicyclohept-2-ene 2 and tricyclo2,6>heptane 3 in a 70:30 ratio and dimerized to Binor-S 4 by -BF3*Et2O catalysts (X = halogen). 1 was dimerized to 4-7 having tricyclo2,6>heptane skeletons by a -ZnBr2-Zn system in THF.