I. Fleming, T. Mah
Aug 19, 1975
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Journal of The Chemical Society-perkin Transactions 1
Abstract
Anthracene is easily prepared in one operation from bromobenzene by using N-lithio-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine in tetrahydrofuran. The sequence of reactions involves benzyne and the enolate ion of acetaldehyde. The reaction is general for the synthesis of 9,10-unsubstituted anthracenes.