“…A mechanistic investigation of this cyclization indicates that an oxyallyl-Fe(ll) intermediate is involved.16 Less versatile use of 2-cycloheptenones has been made so far. 2-Cycloheptenone itself (5) has been brominated in a single step to 2,4,7-tribromotropone, which has then been catalytically reduced to tropone (Scheme I, step a').17 2-Cycloheptenone is available either via dehydrohalogenation of 2-chloroor 2-bromocycloheptanone (which are easily obtained from cycloheptanone),18 or by allylic bromination of cycloheptene followed by hydrolysis and oxidation19 (Scheme III). A further route to 5 is by thermal rearrangement of amethyltropidine (6) to 7 and acid hydrolysis of the latter.20…”