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Norpinyl-Norbornyl Rearrangements: Bicycloheptane, 4-Methyl- and 6-Methylbicycloheptane Derivatives
Kirmse, Wolfgang,Siegfried, Rainer,Wroblowsky, Heinz-Juergen
, p. 1880 - 1896 (2007/10/02)
Norpinyl-norbornyl rearrangements have been induced by solvolysis of the 2-norpinyl nitrobenzoates 15b, c and by decomposition of norpinane-, 4-methylnorpinane-, and 6-methylnorpinane-2-diazonium ions (19, 49, 64, 65).No fragmentation to monocyclic cations was observed.The yield of norpinyl products was minimal in water (s processes).With 64 and 65, migration of the bridge trans to the leaving group predominated strongly.The rearrangements afforded exo-2- and endo-2-norbornyl products in comparable quantities.The exo/endo rates depended on the nucleophilicity of the solvent but were little effected by methyl substitution at the migrating carbon.We propose the 7-bridged norbornyl cation (21) as the endo-selective intermediate which rearranges to the exo-selective 6-bridged (or rapidly equilibrating) norbornyl cation (22, 23) in competition with solvent capture.Ion-pair collapse (cf. 15b) accentuates the endo-selectivity.However, ion pairing cannot be the only source of endo-2-norbornyl products, as shown by the deamination reactions in water.
