Regioselectivity in intramolecular cycloaddition of double bonds to triplet benzenes

…, M Sakamoto, AE Madkour

Index: Wagner, Peter J.; Sakamoto, Masami; Madkour, Ahmad E. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1992 , vol. 114, # 18 p. 7298 - 7299

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Abstract

In the cases first studied, the initial bicyclo [4.2. 0] octa-2, 4-dienes undergo rapid thermal opening to cyclooctatrienes, which undergo further photochemistry as shown in Scheme I. 2 We now report that ring substituents promote high regioselectivity in the formation of ...