Retardation through incarceration: The highly strained anti-Bredt bridgehead olefin bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-1-ene (1) is remarkably stable at 60 °C, if generated photochemically inside the hemicarcerand 2. The surrounding host not only prevents the dimerization of 1, but also retards strongly its intramolecular retro-Diels–Alder reaction by several orders of magnitude.
History
School
Science
Department
Chemistry
Published in
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume
42
Issue
26
Pages
3039 - 3042
Citation
ROACH, P. and WARMUTH, R., 2003. The room-temperature stabilization
of bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-1-ene and
bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-1-ene. Angewandte Chemie (international edition), 42 (26), pp.3039-3042.
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