Abstract

Thermolysis of a benzene solution of N-4-(p-(methoxybenzyl)seleno) cyclohexanoyl-N,S-dimethyldithiocarbonate affords the hitherto unknown 7-selenabicyclo2.2.1heptane in 48% conversion and in 20% yield after chromatography. G3(MP2)-RAD calculations predict a rate constant of 5 X 104 s-1 at 80 °C (3.8 X 106 s -1 at 200 °C) for the intramolecular homolytic substitution process involved in this cyclization.