P. Magnus et Ra. Fairhurst, RELATIVE RATES OF CYCLOAROMATIZATION OF DYNEMICIN AZABICYCLO[7.3.1]ENEDIYNE CORE STRUCTURES - AN UNUSUAL CHANGE IN DELTA-S(+ +)/, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (13), 1994, pp. 1541-1542
A series of dynemicin core azabicyclo[7.3.1]enediynes undergo cycloaro
matization at dramatically different rates despite the fact that the d
istance (r, by X-ray diffraction) between the bonding acetylenes is pr
actically identical (3.4 Angstrom); when the carbamate protecting grou
p is removed to give the sec-amine 10, it cycloaromatizes more rapidly
, and the entropy of activation changes from a negative to positive.