The alleged isolable 1,4,5,6-tetrachloro-7,7-dimethoxynorbornadiene-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride
Abstract
Addition of dibromomaleic anhydride to tetrachlorocyclopentadienone dimethyl acetal gives the pseudo-lactone 11(X-ray crystal structure analysis) and not the mixture of endo- and exo-adducts 2 previously claimed; reduction of this product with Zn/HOAc gives 13 and 14 rather than the putative isolable norbornadienone acetyl 3.