Ev. Dehmlow et H. Lustinetz, NEW FACTS ON THE STEREOSELECTIVITY OF MONOBROMOCARBENOID ADDITIONS TOCYCLIC ALKENES, Liebigs Annalen, (12), 1996, pp. 2065-2067
The monobromocarbenoid derived from CH2Br2 and NaN-(SiMe(3))(2) gives
only endo adducts 4, 5, and 6 with 1,5-cyclooctadiene, but shows no se
lectivity with 1,3-cyclooctadiene. A literature report of a high endo
adduct preference of cyclooctene cannot be duplicated, but cyclodecene
is converted to 3 with 100 % selectivity. Bromocarbenoid adducts 11,
13, and 14 of norbornene and norbornadiene are reported. A possible ex
planation for the varying selectivities is given.