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A Forbidden Rearrangement
Leivers, Martin,Tam, Iris,Groves, Kevin,Leung, David,Xie, Yuli,Breslow, Ronald
, p. 3407 - 3409 (2003)
(Equation presented) A barrelene derivative fragments to afford benzene and trappable 1,2,3-tricyanocyclopropene. The barrelene anion fragments more easily to liberate benzene and the 1,2,3-tricyanocyclopropenyl anion, which is not trappable or stable in solution. However, the major thermal product from the barrelene anion is a rearranged allyl anion that is formed by disrotatory cleavage of the cyclopropyl ring, a formally Woodward-Hoffmann-forbidden process. Several proposals are offered to rationalize this forbidden rearrangement.