J. Marton et al., ISOMERIZATION-REACTIONS OF 7-SUBSTITUTED 6,14-BRIDGED THEBAINE DERIVATIVES (BENTLEY COMPOUNDS), Acta chemica Scandinavica, 52(10), 1998, pp. 1234-1238
Equilibration of the 7 alpha-->7 beta isomers of 7-substituted 6,14-et
henomorphinanes has been accomplished, for the first time, in dipolar
aprotic solvents by the application of bases with weak nucleophilic ch
aracter. Transformation of the 7 beta-nitrile with phenylmagnesium bro
mide led to a new type of 6,6 '-dimeric compound.