Synthesis of bicyclo[3,3,1]nonanes via Cope reaction of an enol
Abstract
The γδ-unsaturated ketone (4) rearranges thermally in two ways:above 200° a retro-Claisen reaction leads to practically quantitative conversion into the allylvinyl ether (9), while between 150 and 180°, a Cope reaction of the enol (10) allows quantitative isolation of the bicyclo[3,3,1]nonenone (11); the none-enolisable aldehyde (3) gives only the ether (5) between 150 and 300°.