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SUBMITTER: Zielinski A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756769 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20201015 51
A selective and scalable two-step approach to the dimerization of norbornadiene (NBD) into its thermodynamically most stable dimer, heptacyclo[6.6.0.0<sup>2,6</sup> .0<sup>3,13</sup> .0<sup>4,11</sup> .0<sup>5,9</sup> .0<sup>10,14</sup> ] tetradecane, (HCTD) is reported. Calculations indicate that the reaction starts with the Rh-catalyzed stepwise homo Diels-Alder cyclisation of NBD into its exo-cis-endo dimer. Treatment of this compound with acid promotes its evolution to HCTD via a [1,2]-sigma ...[more]