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Reaction of dicarbomethoxycarbene with quadricyclane

ML Tetef, M Jones

Index: Tetef, Merry L.; Jones, Maitland Jr. Tetrahedron Letters, 1984 , vol. 25, # 2 p. 161 - 164

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Abstract

Dicarbomethoxycarbene reacts with quadricyclane to give mainly 3,3-dicarbomethoxy- -tricyclo[3.2.1.0 2,4 ]oct-6-ene. Although this is the same major product as formed by reaction of the carbene with norbornadiene, it is shown that reaction with quadricyclane is direct and does not involve prior isomerization to the diene. ... Our results will be reported in detail in a forthcoming Tetrahedron Symposium in Print. ... Compounds 3 and 5 are known; 12 we synthesized ...