Intramolecular dehydro Diels-Alder reactions of diarylacetylenes: Switching between benzo[b]- and benzo[c]fluorenones as products by controlling the rearrangement of cyclic allene intermediates

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3842-3848

  Rodríguez, David ^a   Martínez Esperón, María Fernanda ^a   Navarro Vázquez, Armando ^a   Castedo, Luis ^a   Domínguez, Domingo ^a   Saá, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ISOMERS; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SWITCHING;

ARYL RINGS; INTRAMOLECULAR REACTIONS; THERMAL CYCLIZATION;

ACETYLENE;

ACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; ALLENE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[B]FLUORENONE; BENZO[C]FLUORONONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; ISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 2442701581     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0498213     Document Type: Article

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