Transition-metal-free intramolecular carbene aromatic substitution/Büchner reaction: Synthesis of fluorenes and [6,5,7]benzo-fused rings

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3056-3060

  Liu, Zhenxing ^a   Tan, Haocheng ^a   Wang, Long ^a   Fu, Tianren ^a   Xia, Ying ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Wang, Jianbo ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aromatic substitution; B chner reaction; Carbenes; Diazo compounds; Fluorenes

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; TRANSITION METALS;

AROMATIC SUBSTITUTIONS; CARBENES; DIAZO COMPOUNDS; FLUORENES; FUSED RING; N-TOSYLHYDRAZONES; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 85027930953     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201409982     Document Type: Article

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