ChemInform Abstract: Free Radical Reactions of Bicyclo(2.1.1)hexane (I) and Bicyclo(2.2.1)heptane (VIII).

Abstract tBuO· radicals abstract hydrogen from C(2) of (I) to give radicals (II) which are independently generated from (IVa) by Me3Sn· radicals (from (Me3Sn)2/(tBuO)2 in Ph‐tBu).