Efficient method for the synthesis of hetarenoindanones based on 3-arylhetarenes and their conversion into hetarenoindenes.
A series of hetarenoindanones have been prepared by direct double metalation of the appropriate 3-phenylhetarene with butyllithium in the presence of TMEDA followed by treatment of the resulting dilithium compound with ethyl N,N-dimethylcarbamate. All hetarenoindanones were reduced according to Wolff-Kishner by hydrazine in the presence of KOH to the corresponding hetarenoindenes.
Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia.
Igor A
IA
Kashulin
Ilya E
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Nifant'ev