2-Hydroxy-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-azulen-6-carboxylic acid ethyl ester - A novel precursor for a new class of liquid crystalline materials

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 559-571

  Hussain, Zakir ^a,b   Hopf, Henning ^a   Pohl, Ludwig ^a   Rantanen, Toni ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birch reduction; Carbene addition; Liquid crystals; Ring enlargement

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO 1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDROAZULEN 6 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; 2 CHLORO 1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDROAZULEN 6 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; 2 HYDROXY 1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDROAZULEN 6 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; 2 IODO 1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDROAZULEN 6 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; 4 (TERT BUTYLDIPHENYLSILANYLOXY) 1,1A,2,3,4,5,6,6A OCTAHYDROCYCLOPROP[F] INDENE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; AZULENE DERIVATIVE; CARBENE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ETHYL 1,3 DIBROMO 6 AZULEN CARBOXYLATE; ETHYL 2 (TERT BUTYLDIPHENYLSILANYLOXY) 1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 6 AZULEN CARBOXYLATE; HALIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 32644465600     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910500406393     Document Type: Article

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