The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Thermolysis of 5, 5-dimethyl-1, 3-cyclohexadiene. Evidence for rearrangement via [1, 5] sigmatropic methyl migration

CW Spangler, DL Boles

Index: Spangler,C.W.; Boles,D.L. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1972 , vol. 37, p. 1020 - 1023

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Abstract

300 95 99.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 350 88 99.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 400 88 93.7 0.5 0.8 3.7 0.2 1.1 450 75 63.0 4.7 4.6 17.5 6.5 3.7 475 75 39.0 7.7 6.4 26.7 11.5 8.6 a Per cent composition of degassed liquid product; methane and hydrogen were not determined quantitatively. Below 300'1 was recovered unchanged in almost quantitative yield. essentially irreversible under the conditions of our experiments. This fact is evident when ...