endo - Free radical addition to norbornadiene

✍ Scribed by Thomas V. Van Auken; Edward A. Rick

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1968
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 184 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)89680-x

✦ Synopsis

Attack of a free-radical on norbornene or norbornadiene is generally thought to occur from the 8x0 side (1,2), although exceptions have been reported (3). There are many examples of exo-addition to norbornene by freeradicals (11, but few studies have been made on the sterochemistry of freeradical addition to norbornadiene (2). Cristol, Brindell, and Reeder (2a) were pr,imarily concerned with the question of non-classical free radicals, but .