Conversion of 7-substituted norbornadien
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Boris Franzus; W.C. Baird Jr.; Robin E. Felty; John C. Smith; Monte L. Scheinbau
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Article
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1971
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Elsevier Science
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French
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The isomerization of norbornadiene to cycloheptatriene takes place under relatively severe thermal conditions (425");3 however 7-alkoxy or 7-phenyl substituted norbornadienes undergo a more facile (170") thermal rearrangement to the corresponding tropyl derivative. 4 A similar reaction involving con