
%0 Journal Article
%A Cant, PAE 
%A Coxon, JM 
%A Hartshorn, MP 
%T The pyrolysis of pinanes. IX. On the mechanism of [<sub>&#963;</sub>2+<sub>&#963;</sub>2] cyclo-reversion in pinane thermolysis
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1975/02/01
%V 28
%N 2
%P 391-397
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9750391
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9750391 
%X The formation of (E)- and (Z)-3,7-dimethylocta-1,6-dienyl acetate (8) and (9) from pyrolysis of endo-10&#946;-pinan-7-yl acetate (5b) is consistent with the intermediacy of the 1,4-biradical (18) or with the reaction proceeding in part by a concerted [&#963;2S + &#963;2a] process. 
