TY - JOUR A1 - Kotha, Sambasivarao A1 - Gunta, Rama T1 - Bridgehead vicinal diallylation of norbornene derivatives and extension to propellane derivatives via ring-closing metathesis JF - Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry PY - 2016/// VL - 12 SP - 1877 EP - 1883 SN - 1860-5397 DO - 10.3762/bjoc.12.177 PB - Beilstein-Institut JA - Beilstein J. Org. Chem. UR - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.12.177 KW - norbornene KW - propellane derivatives KW - ring-closing metathesis KW - single-crystal X-ray diffraction KW - vicinal diallylation N2 - Here, we report a simple synthetic strategy to the bridgehead vicinal diallylation of norbornene derivatives. These substrates are useful to generate propellanes via ring-closing metathesis. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of four compounds led to the realization of configurational correction of earlier reported molecules. ER -