“…At the experimental level, heating of 1 with Mo(CO)e (0.1 mol equiv) in benzene at 80°for 24-48 hr gave in quantitative yield three products, the mixture consisting of ca. 40% 5, 36% 6, and 24% 7.7 Direct treatment with excess /V-phenyltriazolinedione (PTAD) in refluxing ethyl acetate resulted in formation of two adducts, hydrocarbon 7 not being subject to cycloaddition under these conditions.8 Fractional crystallization from ethyl acetate-hexane resulted in separation of the less soluble 9 mp 195-196°; NMR (CDC13) 7.2-7.55 (m, 5), 6.04 (d, J = 7 Hz, 2), 4.98 (br q, J « 7 Hz, 1), 3.10 (v br d, 1), 2.5 (br m, 1), 1.0-2.3 (m, 7), 1.67 and 1.48 (t, J =1.5 Hz, 3 each)) from 8 (mp 207-207.5°; NMR (CDC13) 7.25-7.65 (m, 5), 6.25 (m, 2), 4.70 (m, 2), 1.2-2.3 (m, 8), 1.42 and 1.25 (s, 3 each)). The emergent patterns reveal 8 to have two bridgehead protons adjoining nitrogen and a pair of olefinic protons; for 9, the most revealing features are the signals due to lone bridgehead and allylic hydrogens and the appreciable downfield shifting observed for one methylene proton.…”