The Interconversion of Two Elemadienolides Through Two Consecutive Cope Rearrangements
DJ Brecknell and RM Carman
Australian Journal of Chemistry
32(9) 2097 - 2102
Published: 1979
Abstract
Callitrin (1) at 220º partly isomerizes to epicallitrin (9). This result, together with those of the Cope rearrangements of some other sesquiterpenoids, is explained in terms of the accessibility of suitable transition states and the relative stabilities of the possible products.
https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9792097
© CSIRO 1979