A benzannulation strategy for the synthesis of phenols and heteroaromatic compounds based on the reaction of (trialkylsilyl)vinylketenes with lithium ynolates

Tetrahedron

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 915-925

  Austin, Wesley F ^a   Zhang, Yongjun ^a   Danheiser, Rick L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

(Trialkylsilyl)vinylketenes; Benzannulation; Electrocyclic ring closure; Ynolates

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BENZOXEPIN DERIVATIVE; BENZOXOCINE; HETEROAROMATIC COMPOUND; KETENE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM YNOLATE; OXOCIN DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RESORCINOL DERIVATIVE; RESORCINOL MONOSILYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ANNULATION REACTION; ARTICLE; BENZANNULATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 37149023304     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2007.10.113     Document Type: Article

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