HELVETICA CHIMICA ACTA, cilt.86, sa.2, ss.324-329, 2003 (SCI-Expanded)
The reaction of alcohol 12 with SOCl(2) gave chlorides 13 and 14, and the acetolysis of toluene-4-sulfonate 15 gave sequential rearrangement products 16, 17, and 18. In the reaction of 12, 13 is the major product of sequential rearrangements. Treatment of chloride 13 with t-BuOK gave 7-vinylbenzonorbornadiene 19.