Reaction of diphenylmethylene with non-conjugated dienes
Abstract
Reactions of the triplet carbene, diphenylmethylene, with the non-conjugated annular dienes, norbornadiene and cyclo-octa-1,5-diene, have been studied in the hope of achieving transannular addition which might give useful synthetic entry into bridged systems. New compounds were obtained but there was no evidence for the presence of any transannular adducts.