Kc. Majumdar et al., Studies in [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement: Regioselective cyclization of 5-(cyclohex-2-enyl)-6-hydroxy-1-methylquinolin-2(1H)-one, SYN COMMUN, 30(22), 2000, pp. 4113-4128
Thermal [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement of 6-cydohex-2-enyloxy-1-methylquin
olin-2(1H)-one (3) afforded 5-cyclohex-2-enyl-6-hydroxy-1-methylquinolin-2(
1H)-one (4) in 86% yield. Compound 4 on treatment with pyridine hydrotribro
mide in CH2Cl2 gave exclusively non-bridged product 6 (85%) whereas compoun
d 4 by a different route viz., acetylation followed by bromine addition and
cyclization gave the bicyclic product 7 (80%). Compound 4 also furnished a
bicyclic product 11 (80%) on treatment with cone. H2SO4.