Ethanonoradamantanes by rearrangement and by synthesis. Evaluation of empirical force field calculations
Abstract
Empirical force field calculations predict that 2,4-ethanonoradamantane (1) and 2,8-ethanonoradamantane (2) should be the most stable tetracyclic C11H16 isomers and both should have comparable stability; experimentally, AlBr3 isomerisation yielded only (1) and (2)(also synthesised independently) but in a ratio of 97:3.