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Electrocyclic Ring Opening of a β-Lithiocyclopropyloxirane. Generation and Trapping of (2Z,4E)-Cyclohepta-2,4-dienol
Coates, Robert M.,Last, Larry A.
, p. 7322 - 7326 (2007/10/02)
A novel electrocyclic ring opening of a β-lithiocyclopropyloxirane is described.Metalation of exo-7-bromobicyclohept-2-ene anti-oxide (3) with n-butyllitium at 0 deg C afforded exo-bicyclohept-6-en-2-ol (4).A mechanism involving conrotatory
