title: FeCl3-Catalyzed Intramolecular Michael Reaction of Styrenes for the Synthesis of Highly Substituted Indenes.
abstract: An intramolecular FeCl3-catalyzed Michael addition reaction of styrene, a poor nucleophile, onto α,β-unsaturated ketones was developed for the synthesis of highly substituted indene derivatives. The method was further applied to the total synthesis of the sesquiterpene natural products (±)-jungianol and 1-epi-jungianol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India.
authors.forename: Dattatraya H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Dethe
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India.
authors.forename: Ganesh M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Murhade
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India.
authors.forename: Sourav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh