Abstract
1,7-Dimethoxy groups in Cookson's pentacyclic cage ketone derivatives ( 2 and 5 ) accelerate the thermal [2+2]cycloreversion, possibly by means of the unusual lengthening of C 1C 7 bond and the synergetic capto-dative stabilization of 1,4-diradical ( 7 and 8 ).
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