A new solvolytic approach to hydroazulenes
Abstract
Solvolysis of a mixture of the methanesulphonates of 3a,4,5,6-tetrahydroindane-3a-methanol (5) and 2,4,5,6,7,7a-hexahydroindene-7a-methanol (7) gave, in high yields, a mixture of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-5-azulenyl acetate (9) and 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2-naphthyl acetate (11).