Straightforward synthesis of dihydrobenzo[a]fluorenes through Au(I)- catalyzed formal [3 + 3] cycloadditions

Organic Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4778-4781

  García García, Patricia ^a   Rashid, Muhammad A ^a,b   Sanju An, Ana M ^a   Fernández Rodríguez, Manuel A ^a   Sanz, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; GOLD; STYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLOADDITION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; CYCLOADDITION REACTION; FLUORENES; GOLD; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; STYRENES;

EID: 84868254953     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol3020682     Document Type: Article

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