The Journal of Organic Chemistry

A new synthesis of bicyclo [4.1. 1] octa-2, 4-diene and its cycloaddition reactions with dienophiles

TK Yin, JG Lee, WT Borden

Index: Yin, Tyze-Kuan; Lee, Jon Gun; Borden, Weston Thatcher Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1985 , vol. 50, # 4 p. 531 - 534

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Abstract

Bicyclo [4. ll] octa-2, 4-diene (4) has been synthesized by a new, nine-step route, starting from 2-[(trimethyl-silyl) oxy]-1, 3-butadiene and acrolein. Diene 4 proved almost as unreactive toward Diels-Alder cycloadditions as the previously studied 7, 7-dimethyl