
%0 Journal Article
%A Birch, AJ 
%A Fitton, H 
%T The preparation and some reactions of the irontricarbonyl complex of thebaine
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1969/05/01
%V 22
%N 5
%P 971-976
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9690971
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9690971 
%X The methoxycyclohexadiene ring of thebaine readily complexes with Fe(CO)3 to give (I; R = Me). This group alters the reactivity of the thebaine molecule in a number of ways, protecting the diene system and permitting ready fission of the cyclic ether to give either reduced compounds, or carbonium salts such as (X), which undergo a novel rearrangement. 
