title: LiCB(11)Me(12): a catalyst for pericyclic rearrangements.
abstract: [structure: see text] Benzene and 1,2-dichloroethane solutions of the Li(+) salt of the weakly coordinating anion CB(11)Me(12)(-) catalyze the rearrangement of cubane to cuneane, quadricyclane to norbornadiene, basketene to Nenitzescu's hydrocarbon, and diademane to triquinacene. The Claisen rearrangement of phenyl allyl ether is also strongly accelerated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Meijere
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Kozhushkov
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Eaton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Michl