Direct aromatization of chlorohydroazulenones with triflic anhydride: access to chloroazulenyl triflates

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 5642-5644

  Carret, Sébastien ^a   Deprés, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Azulenes; Cross coupling reactions; Direct aromatization; Hydroazulenones; Triflic anhydride

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROHYDROAZULENONE DERIVATIVE;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 49349085135     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.07.072     Document Type: Article

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