Zur Kenntnis des Kohlenstoffringes. (38. Mitteilung). Über die Dissoziationskonstanten der Cyanhydrine einiger cyclischer Ketone

The Chemistry of Eight-Membered Carbocycles.

“…It was suggested that cleavage of the bicyclic ring system of XII during hydrogenation might be possible, owing to strain present in the molecule. It should be noted, however, that XIII or a similar polycyclic compound might arise from XI in view of the nature of the products which cyclooctatetraene forms by Diels-Alder reactions (see pages [126][127][128][129][130][131][132][133]. c. Addition reactions Willstátter and Heidelberger (159) obtained addition products of cyclooctatetraene and chlorine, bromine, and hydrogen bromide but the structures of the products were not known.…”