Tetrahedron letters

2-azanorbornadiene

M Maggini, M Prato, G Scorrano

Index: Maggini, Michele; Prato, Maurizio; Scorrano, Gianfranco Tetrahedron Letters, 1991 , vol. 32, # 47 p. 6957 - 6960

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Abstract

Abstract The unstable and hitherto unknown 2-azanorbornadiene 1, interesting example of imine-olefin homoconjugation, has been generated and spectroscopically characterized. Its instability is due to a retro-Diels-Alder reaction which generates cyclopentadiene and hydrogen cyanide.