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Nucleophilic Exchange Reactions at 1-Chloroquadricyclane: 1,5- and 1,7-Dehydroquadricyclane as Reactive Intermediates.
Baumgaertel, Otto,Szeimies, Guenter
, p. 2180 - 2204 (2007/10/02)
Quadricyclane was metalated at position 1 to 1b in high yield by the complex of butyllithium and tetramethylethylenediamine or by a mixture of butyllithium and potassium tert-butoxide.Numerous 1-substituted quadricyclanes were accessible via 1b.Nuclophilic substitution products were obtained by the reaction of 1-chloroquadricyclane with organolithium compounds, lithium amides, and with lithium ethylthiolate (in the presence of a bulky strong base), which could be isomerized to the corresponding norbornadienes.Mechanistic investigations have shown that 1,7- and 1,5-dehydroquadricyclane (4 and 5) were involved as reactive intermediates.The nucleophilic substitution of optical active 1-chloroquadricyclane with lithium dimethylamide proceeded with 96percent racemization.This result is in accord with an elimination-addition mechanism passing over 4 and 5.
