Our proposal benefits from the intrinsic instability of the anti-Bredt olefins (ABO)characterized by a double bond at the branching position of bridged bicyclic hydrocarbons. Recently, Garg and colleagues reported a series of ABOs in which the R-C=C-R dihedral angles deviate from the ideally planar conformation in unstrained alkenes. Their theoretical calculations demonstrated that, despite this nonplanarity, the atomic p-orbitals in ABOs retain sufficient overlap to form a π-bond within the distorted σ-backbone of the molecules. Nevertheless, nonplanarity of the σ-framework of ABOs leads to instability and enhanced reactivity. It is worth noting that the reported ABOs consistently feature double bonds on the longer carbon bridges of their bicyclic structures. The dihedral angle between the atomic p-orbitals on the one-carbon bridge (C7) and the branching carbon (C1) in a bicyclo [2.2.1] heptane is 90° before the distortion of the σ-skeleton of the molecule, Figure . Furthermore the branching carbon in bicyclo [2.2.1] heptane, as also discussed by Garg and co-workers, is pyramidal which attenuates the π-bonds.