“…Except for the two alkyl derivatives 6 (R = Me) and 7 (R = iPr), all the other 7-substituted 1,3,5-cyclooctatrienes in Scheme 1 are known and our physical constants and spectral data matched those reported. The hitherto 'unknown 7-methyland 7-isopropyl-1,3,5-cyclooctatrienes 6 and 7 were fully characterized on the basis of 'H and "C NMR data (Experimental Part). It suffices to say here that the 400 MHz 'H NMR and 100 MHz 13C NMR spectra were rather complex in view of the mixture of stereoisomers of the monocyclic and bicyclic forms 6a, b (X = Me; Y = H) and 7a, b (X = iPr; Y = H) due to the valence isomerization') shown in Eq.…”