2, 3-Dimethylene-7-oxabicyclo [2.2. 1] heptane, available by reduction and dehydration of the furan-fumaroyl chloride Diels-Alder adduct, undergoes ready dibromocyclopropanation at one of its exocyclic double bonds. The corresponding carbenoid, generated by reaction of the dibromide wilh 4 equiv of an organolithium reagent, undergoes the Skattebøl rearrangement to provide a fused cyclopentadiene ring which is immediately ...
[Lokan, Nigel R.; Paddon-Row, Michael N.; Koeberg, Mattijs; Verhoeven, Jan W. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000 , vol. 122, # 21 p. 5075 - 5081]