title: Synthesis of substituted [3]dendralenes and their unique cycloaddition reactions.
abstract: Dimethylsulfonium methylide mediated olefination of 2-phenylethenylidene phosphonoacetate followed by the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction with aromatic aldehydes provided access to reactive 1,5-diaryl-2-ethoxycarbonyl [3]dendralenes which in situ underwent Diels-Alder cyclodimerisation leading to highly functionalised cyclohexenes with very high regio- and stereoselectivity.
authors.affiliation: Bio-Organic Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Rekha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sunil K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry; D000475:Alkenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D003500:Cyclization; D053138:Cyclohexenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D019281:Dimerization; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: C527474:3,4,5-trimethylenehepta-1,6-diene; D000447:Aldehydes; D000475:Alkenes; D053138:Cyclohexenes; C052568:cyclohexene; C030011:carbene; D008697:Methane