Thermal isomerization of 2-methylbicyclo[2,1,0]pent-2-ene to 1-methylcyclopentadiene
Abstract
The thermal rearrangement of 2-methylbicyclo[2,1,0]pent-2-ene gives 1-methylcyclopentadiene, rather than the 2-methylcyclopentadiene required by the usually assumed diradical mechanism for this valence isomerization.