Rapid, convergent, and regioselective synthesis of anthracenes

…, NE Drysdale, RA Olofson

Index: Fitzgerald, John J.; Drysdale, Neville E.; Olofson, R. A. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1992 , vol. 57, # 28 p. 7122 - 7126

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Abstract

Anthracenes are obtained in moderate to good yield by the simultaneous treatment of benzocyclobutenole and halobenzenes with LTMP in tetrahydropyran. In the key step of this one-pot process, 0-toluoyl anion intermediates from the known ring-opening of benzocyclobutenoxides add to halobenzene derived arynes. Methoxy-substituted benzocyclobutenols which are readily made regiospecifically by known methods also ...