Thermal isomerization of β-ionylideneacetaldehyde. Isolation of a tricyclo[5,4,0,01,5]undec-3-en-6-one
Abstract
β-Ionylideneacetaldehyde (I) can easily be isomerized thermally to a tricyclic ketone (IV), probably via an initial E-to-Z isomerization of the double bond adjacent to the carbonyl group, followed by a [1,5]sigmatropic hydrogen shift; the resulting keten (III) interacts with the double bond of the cyclohexene ring to give the [2 + 2] cycloadduct (IV).