Methods for the Preparation of Bridgehead Olefins

During the past eight years, bridgehead olefins have attracted rapidly increasing attention. In view of their significance with regard to the stereochemistry of alkenes, the study of certain reaction mechanisms, and the nature of the double bond, detailed research into this structural type appears highly desirable. Bridgehead olefins represent connective linkages between olefins in the ground state and species which can arise in the deactivation of photochemically excited alkenes and cycloalkenes and also contribute to our understanding of the structural conditions prevailing during cis‐trans isomerization of alkenes.