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In reactions of 3,6-dimethoxybenzonorbornadiene (1) with sulfenyl chlorides, usually mixtures of 1,2-addition and Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement products are obtained, and the yield of rearrangement products is significantly increased in the presence of salt additives [1,2].
We have found that the primary direction of the reaction of the unsaturated compound 1 with 2-chlorosulfenyl-1-pyridine 1-oxide (2) in methylene chloride at 20°C is polar exo-cis cycloaddition of the sulfenylating reagent at the multiple bond, with closure of the ring by the oxygen atom of the N-oxide group and formation of polycyclic system 3a in 45% yield. To our knowledge, such data for reactions of sulfenyl chlorides with alkenes were obtained for the first time in [4][5][6][7].