ISSN:
0894-3230
Keywords:
Organic Chemistry
;
Physical Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Mixtures of bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene and bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene, with one isomer labeled with two deuterium atoms, were isomerized in the gas phase at 276 °C. By following the concentration ratios of d0 and d2 versions of bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene as functions of time one finds that the partitioning of bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene between the primary products bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene and cyclopentadiene plus ethene is 2:1. This and earlier stereochemical results permit the calculation of the partitioning of the [3.2.0] olefin between the orbital symmetry allowed [1,3] carbon shift-with-inversion product and several forbidden or non-concerted reaction channels (approximately 1:1) and the stereochemistry of the ethene d2 formed from exo,exo-[6,7-2H2]bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene directly (1:1 E: Z).
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/poc.610020604
