Novel and rapid palladium-assisted 6pi electrocyclic reaction affording 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene and its analogues.
A novel methodology for the synthesis of 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene and its analogues has been developed via a palladium-assisted 6pi electrocyclic reaction followed by formaldehyde elimination.
Jana
Rathin
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Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India.
Chatterjee
Indranil
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Samanta
Shubhankar
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Ray
Jayanta K
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