Bicyclo undeca-1,5-dienes synthesis

Silver nitrate-catalysed rearrangements in methanol of dibromocyclopropyl propellanes have been examined. For example, (80 R = Br) gave a mixture of the corresponding methyl ketal (80 R = OMe) and bicyclo[5,4,0]undec-l(7)-en-2-one, together with minor products. One step in a reported synthesis of 1,7-methano-[12]annulene involved addition of dibromocarbene to tricyclo[4,4,l,0 ]undeca-3,8-diene (81) followed by silver acetate-catalysed ring-opening of the resultant bis-dibromocarbene adduct to give a mixture of isomeric acetates. ... 

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