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The treatment of Z-2-ferrocenylmethylene-, Z-2-arylidene-3-quinuclidin
ones and 3-methylene-quinuclidines, as well as E-3-ferrocenylmethylene
camphor, -menthone, and -cyclohexanone with NaBPh4 in acetic acid resu
lts in their reversible Z-/E-isomerization. The reaction proceeds via
hydroxyallyl and crotyl carbocations with a fixed s-cis-conformation.
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