Isomerization of cyclohexenyl cations
Abstract
Contrary to the literature data, the cyclohexenyl cation (I) rearranges to the 1-methylcyclopentenyl cation (IV) in FSO3H-SbF5(4 : 1) at –20 °C; the rate of ring contraction is much slower than the published rate of intramolecular H/D scrambling for labelled (I).