Novel and facile synthesis of β-(4-azuleno[1,2-b]thienyl)- and β-(4-azuleno[2,1-b]thienyl)-α,β-unsaturated ketones by intramolecular tropylium ion-mediated furan ring-opening reaction

Tetrahedron

Volumn 58, Issue 38, 2002, Pages 7653-7661

  Yamamura, Kimiaki ^a   Kusuhara, Naoki ^a   Kondou, Akihiro ^a   Hashimoto, Masao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

, unsaturated ketone; Azulene; Azuleno 1,2 b thiophene; Azuleno 2,1 b thiophene; Furan ring opening reaction; Tropylium ion

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; FURAN; KETONE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037119753     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(02)00869-4     Document Type: Article

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