Process for preparing substituted polycyclo- alkylidene polycyclo-alkanes and the corresponding epidioxy compounds; as well as said substituted polycyclo-alkylidene polycyclo-alkanes and the corresponding epidioxy compounds

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Processes for the production of 4-eq.-halogen substituted polycyclo-alkylidene polycyclo-alkanes and corresponding epidioxy compounds using as halogenating agent a member of the group comprising N-halosuccinimide tect.-butylhypohalite and sodium hypohalite acetic acid are described. The epidioxy compounds are useful as chemiluminescent compounds. Additional suitable functional groups are added which enhance immunochemical utility of the compounds i.e. fatty acid radical and protein radical. The epidioxy compounds are of the general structural formula wherein A and B are alkylene radicals and R2 represents a suitable substituent.