Cyclization of aryllithiums tethered to methylenecycloalkanes: Stereoselective synthesis of 4α-substituted cis-hexahydrofluorenes

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1334-1338

  Bailey, William F ^a   Daskapan, Tahir ^a,b   Rampalli, Sriram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CYCLIZATION;

PARAFFINS;

2 (O BROMOBENZYL) 1 METHYLENECYCLOHEXANE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; HEPTANE; HEXAHYDROFLUORENE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS; WARMING;

EID: 0037458868     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo020593r     Document Type: Article

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