The indene phototransposition reaction, a skeletal rearrangement of certain alkylindenes involving an interchange of carbons 1 and 2 (eq 2), is described. The postulated mechanism (Scheme 11) involves a [2+ 21 closure followed by a [1, 3] sigmatropic shift, opening to an isoindene and 1, 5 hydrogen shifts to re-form the indene system. Results of experiments with indenes containing different alkyl groups at C1 and Cz and with 1, l-dimethylindene lend ...
[Womack, Gary B.; Angeles, John G.; Fanelli, Vincent E.; Indradas, Brinda; Snowden, Roger L.; Sonnay, Philippe Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 74, # 15 p. 5738 - 5741]