A facile route to polysubstituted naphthalenes and benzofluorenols via scandium triflate- and triflic acid-catalyzed benzannulation of 2-(2-alkynylarylidene)-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 352, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1920-1924

  Liu, Lu ^a   Wei, Lai ^a   Zhanga, Junliang ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzannulation; Benzofluorenols; Naphthalenes; Scandium triflate; Triflic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956391982     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000286     Document Type: Article

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