
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cant, PAE 
A1  - Coxon, JM 
A1  - Hartshorn, MP 
T1  - The pyrolysis of pinanes. IX. On the mechanism of [<sub>&#963;</sub>2+<sub>&#963;</sub>2] cyclo-reversion in pinane thermolysis
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1975
VL  - 28
IS  - 2
SP  - 391
EP  - 397
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9750391 
N2  - 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. 
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