W. Zeslawski et al., SYNTHESIS OF A PROPELLANE FROM TETRAKIS(E THOXYCARBONYL)NORBORNENE - 8,11-DIOXA-2,5-METHANO[4.3.3]PROPELL-3-ENE, Monatshefte fuer Chemie, 128(4), 1997, pp. 389-393
The synthesis of the title propellane 3, derived from norbornene, is r
eported. 3 was synthesized by dehydratation of tetraalkohol 2. On the
basis of NMR and mass spectra, the possibility of the formation of pol
ycyclic ethers (4) is discussed.