Cyclopropene 1, passed in a He stream through a gas chromatography col
umn containing firebrick impregnated with a saturated solution of AgNO
3 in glycerol, reacted to give acrolein 6 (6%) and allyl nitrate 7 (20
%). The products were identified by GC, MS,IR, and H-1 NMR. A mechanis
m is proposed to explain the reactions.