Dearomatizing anionic cyclization and novel skeletal rearrangement: High yield formation of multiply substituted bicyclic or polycyclic spirocyclopentadienes and phenanthrene derivatives from 4-aryl 1-lithio-1,3-butadienes

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3484-3491

  Liu, Lantao ^a   Wang, Zhihui ^b   Zhao, Fei ^b   Xi, Zhenfeng ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC RINGS; PHENANTHRENE; PHENYL RINGS; SPIROCYCLOPENTADIENES;

ADDITION REACTIONS; AROMATIZATION; CYCLIZATION; DERIVATIVES; NEGATIVE IONS; NUCLEOPHILES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

1 LITHIO 1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; 1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; 4 NAPHTHYL 1 LITHIO 1,3 BUTADIENE; 4 PHENYL 1 LITHIO 1,3 BUTADIENE; ANION; BICYCLO COMPOUND; BUTADIENYLLITHIUM; CYCLOPENTADIENE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; SPIRO COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; DEAROMATIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BUTADIENES; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENANTHRENES; SPIRO COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34247608096     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo070160u     Document Type: Article

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