Tetrahedron Letters

Synthesis and rearrangements of alkyl-quadricyclanones

HP Figeys, M Destrebecq, G Van Lommen

Index: Figeys, H. P.; Destrebecq, M.; Lommen, G. Van Tetrahedron Letters, 1980 , vol. 21, p. 2369 - 2372

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Abstract

Abstract Both 1-isopropyl-6-and 7-methoxycarbonyl-quadricyclanones, the first alkyl- substituted molecules of this type, have been synthesized. Cycloaddition reactions with methylpropiolate failed. Their different behaviour in rearrangement and degradation