Carbenes in Constrained Systems I: 1,3 CH, Insertion Reaction of Adamantylidene within the β‐Cyclodextrin Cavity

Abstract

The first intra- and intermolecular carbene insertions within any constrained molecular reaction vessel was detected in the photolysis of the solid inclusion complex 1·β-cyclodextrin(CD). NMR and/or FAB mass spectra reveal the formation of products such as 2·β-CD and 3·β-CD.