Pentacyclic cage formation in the intramolecular [3 + 2]addition of tricyclic nitrones
Abstract
Despite their anti-configurations three tricyclic nitrones, on heating in toluene, undergo high-yield [3 + 2] intramolecular addition to give the corresponding pentacyclic cages; a co-product from heating two of the nitrones in tetrachloroehylene is the pyridyl ketone.