title: Thermal isomerizations of cis,anti,cis-tricyclo[7.4.0.0(2,8)]tridec-10-ene.
abstract: cis,anti,cis-Tricyclo[7.4.0.0(2,8)]tridec-10-ene (13TCT) undergoes [1,3] sigmatropic rearrangements at 315 °C in the gas phase to the si product 1 and to the sr product 2 with si/sr = 2.1. The dominant thermal isomerization process, however, is epimerization at C8 to afford product 3. That stereomutation at C8 occurs 50% faster than the si and sr shifts combined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17604, USA. phyllis.leber@fandm.edu
authors.forename: Phyllis A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Leber
authors.forename: George R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hancock-Cerutti
authors.forename: Matthew F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Wipperman
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zohrabian
authors.forename: Ryan M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Baldwin