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PERICYCLIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF TETRACYCLO2,903,8>TRIDECA-4,6,11-TRIENES, AND FORMATION OF DIHYDROSEMIBULLVALENES BY THERMAL INTRAMOLECULAR?4a+?2a>CYCLOADDITION IN SUBSTITUTED CYCLOOCTATRIENES
Lay, W. P.,Mackenzie, K.,Miller, A. S.,Williams-Smith, D. L.
, p. 3021 - 3031 (2007/10/02)
Cyclopentadienones react with certain cyclobutene dienophiles to give the anticipated carbonyl bridge adducts; these, on relatively mild thermolysis, yield dihydrosemibullvalene derivatives by a novel sequence including cheletropic loss of carbon monoxide, electrocyclic ring opening of immediate substituted bicyclooctadienes, and intramolecular ?4a + ?2a>cycloaddition of the derived cyclooctatrienes.Other pericyclic reactions of compounds related to those of the title compounds are also discussed.
