A study of the mechanism of the Cope rearrangement

MJS Dewar, LE Wade Jr

Index: Dewar,M.J.S.; Wade,L.E. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1977 , vol. 99, # 13 p. 4417 - 4424

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Abstract

Abstract: Kinetic studies are reported for the Cope rearrangements of the 2-pheny1, 3- phenyl, 2-(a-naphthyl), 2-(P-naphthyl), 2, 4-diphenyl, and 2, 5-diphenyl derivatives of 1, 5- hexadiene. The results suggest that the transition state for the reaction is a biradicaloid akin to the 1, 4-cyclohexylene biradical.