title: Novel and rapid palladium-assisted 6pi electrocyclic reaction affording 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene and its analogues.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India.
authors.forename: Rathin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jana
authors.forename: Indranil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Shubhankar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Samanta
authors.forename: Jayanta K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Ray