Tandem ring expansion of alkenyl benzocyclobutenol derivatives into substituted naphthols

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 38, 2006, Pages 6294-6296

  Hamura, Toshiyuki ^a   Suzuki, Takeaki ^a   Matsumoto, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Keisuke ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Halogenation; Polyaromatic compounds; Reductive coupling; Ring expansion; Strained molecules

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; HALOGENATION; SAMARIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

POLYAROMATIC COMPOUNDS; REDUCTIVE COUPLING; RING EXPANSION; STRAINED MOLECULES;

DERIVATIVES;

EID: 33749241708     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200602428     Document Type: Article

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