Does chair cyclo-octatetraene exist?
Abstract
MINDO/3 and MNDO calculations are reported for chair cyclo-octatetraene (cis-1,5-trans-3,7-cyclo-octateraene) and for its conversions into the normal tub (all cis) isomer and into bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-2,4,7-triene.