title: A cope rearrangement-based route to hexahydroazulenes.
abstract: 2-exo-Vinyl-7-alkylidenenorbornanes, readily prepared from fulvene Diels-Alder adducts, undergo smooth Cope rearrangement at elevated temperatures to produce hexahydroazulene derivatives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Washington University, Campus Box 1134, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA.
authors.forename: Curtis A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Seizert
authors.forename: Valentina D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Bumbu
authors.forename: Vladimir B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Birman
mesh_terms: D052176:Azulenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009636:Norbornanes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D052176:Azulenes; D009636:Norbornanes