Philip Z Mannes, E. O. Onyango, G. Gribble
Oct 20, 2015
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
A new synthesis of dibenzo[a,c]anthracene (4) is described that features the generation, from tetrabromo-bis-triflate 1 and phenyllithium, of a 1,3,6-naphthotriyne (2) synthetic equivalent that is trapped with 3 equiv of furan to form Diels-Alder tris-adduct 3. A subsequent two-step deoxygenation of 3 represents the first synthesis of dibenz[a,c]anthracene (4) that involves a tandem aryne Diels-Alder cycloaddition-deoxygenation strategy.