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Accessing Valuable Ligand Supports for Transition Metals: A Modified, Intermediate Scale Preparation of 1,2,3,4,5-Pentamethylcyclopentadiene
Published on: March 20, 2017
(1RS,4SR)-3-Dichloro-methyl-ene-1,4-dimethyl-2-oxabicyclo-[2.2.2]oct-5-ene
Andrew J Tyrrell1, George C Feast, Jeremy Robertson
1Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, England.
Abstract:
X-ray crystallography was used to confirm the structure of the enantio-enriched title compound, C(10)H(12)Cl(2)O, a bicylic enol ether. A bridged boat-like structure is adopted and the dichloro-methyl-ene C atom is positioned significantly removed from the core bicyclic unit. In the crystal structure, mol-ecules pack to form sheets approximately perpendicular to the a and c axes.
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