作者:Gitendra C. Paul、Joseph J. Gajewski
DOI:10.1021/jo00033a014
日期:1992.3
Above 100-degrees-C 5-methylenespiro[3.5]non-1-ene, 1, undergoes cyclobutene ring opening to (E)-triene 2 and apparent 1,3-shift to a hexahydronaphthalene, 3, in a 3 to 1 ratio. (E)-Triene 2 gives 3 in a competitive reaction. The activation energies for all three processes are obtained from a kinetic simulation at three temperatures. It is likely that the (Z)-triene 4, also derived by cyclobutene ring opening, is an intermediate in the 1 to 3 conversion. Speculation on the 2 to 3 conversion focuses on the possible intermediacy of a 3-vinylcyclohexenocyclobutene, 5. The apparent noninvolvement of a concerted 1,3-shift in the 1 to 3 reaction is discussed.