SummaryOptically pure 5,6-dimethylidene-exo-2-norbornanol ( The solution CD. spectra of these remotely perturbed exocyclic s-cis-butadienes are reported and discussed briefly. Unexpectedly, the p, y-unsaturated ketone (+ )-7, for which transannular interaction between the ketone and diene functions was revealed by its UV. absorption spectrum, showed (in isooctane) two weak Cotton effects of opposite sign between 265 and 340 nm.Introduction. -Optically pure 5,6-dimethylidene-2-norbornyl derivatives 1-7 are interesting systems for at least three reasons: 1) The Diels-Alder additions (e.g of 4 and of 7) to strong dienophiles are regio-and stereoselective [3]; thus, if enantiomerically pure, these dienes might become useful synthons for the preparation of complex, polycyclic molecules; 2) the exo-and endo-5,6-dimethylidene-2-norbornyl brosylates (3 and 6 ) are convenient starting materials for the study of the n-participation by the 'back' of an exocyclic s-cis-butadiene group in the S,1-solvolyses of the esters [4]; 3) The dienes 1-6 as well as the keto-diene 7 are remotely perturbed exocyclic dienes (no direct substitution) maintained in a