The pyrolysis of pinanes. IX. On the mechanism of [σ2+σ2] cyclo-reversion in pinane thermolysis
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Australian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 28 (2) , 391-397
- https://doi.org/10.1071/ch9750391
Abstract
The formation of (E)- and (Z)-3,7-dimethylocta-1,6-dienyl acetate (8) and (9) from pyrolysis of endo-10β-pinan-7-yl acetate (5b) is consistent with the intermediacy of the 1,4-biradical (18) or with the reaction proceeding in part by a concerted [σ2S + σ2a] process.Keywords
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