[reaction: see text] Dynamic gas-phase thermoisomerization (DGPTI) of (-)-2-phenylisoborneols effects stereo- and regioselective ring opening under formation of (+)-trans-alpha-campholanic acid derivatives. Similarly, (-)-alpha-2-phenylfenchol underwent under DGPTI conditions ring opening to (-)-fencholic acid derivatives. In both cases, DGPTI led to cleavage of the weakest bond in the isomeric bicyclic structures. A reaction mechanism involving a diradical intermediate is supported by a deuterium labeling study.
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