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Intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition/thermal fragmentation: Formally "allowed" and "forbidden" pathways toward 5-8-5 ring systems
Bader, Scott J.,Snapper, Marc L.
, p. 1201 - 1205 (2005)
The thermal fragmentation of highly functionalized, linear polycyclobutanes with a cis,syn,cis-relative stereochemistry is shown to offer a rapid entry into the dicyclopenta[a,d]cyclooctenyl (5-8-5) ring system. The thermolysis of polyfused cyclobutanes w