Redirection of the course of a Cope rearrangement by co-ordination; the thermolysis of endo-6-vinylbicyclo[3,1,0]hex-2-enerhodium(I) acetylacetonate
Abstract
Co-ordination of a cis-divinylcyclopropane to rhodium(I) inhibits Cope rearrangement; at elevated temperatures a vinylcyclopropane–cyclopentene isomerisation is the dominant reaction course.