We report a synthetic scheme for obtaining new spiro-hydrocarbons
from a versatile norbornane derivative, methylenenorbornane. As a
result, four new spiro-hydrocarbons and the isomeric-related norbornanes
for the comparison have been obtained in moderate or good yields through
[4π + 2π] and cyclopropanation reactions. The effect of
introducing a spiro-center is dependent on the nature of carbocycles
at a spiro-carbon atom. There is no obvious advantage in properties
for spirocycloalkenes consisting of norbornane and cyclopropane rings
at the spiro-carbon atom compared to isomeric hydrocarbons. At the
same time, spirocycloalkenes with two norbornane motifs at a spiro-center
have exhibited much higher values of densities and energy densities
(0.992–1.023 g/mL, 41.79–43.28 MJ/L) than the related
hydrocarbons without a spiro-center and JP-10. The obtained results
can provide insight and an opportunity to further expand this work
to bring new high-performance jet fuels to market.
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