Tetrahedron Letters

An easy synthesis of lepidopterene from 9-chloromethyl anthracene. Evidence for a free radical mechanism

MJ Fernández, L Gude, A Lorente

Index: Fernandez, Maria-Jose; Gude, Lourdes; Lorente, Antonio Tetrahedron Letters, 2001 , vol. 42, # 5 p. 891 - 893

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Abstract

This communication reports a novel and efficient synthesis of lepidopterene from 9- (chloromethyl) anthracene. Furthermore, the radical nature of the process is unambiguously established through the obtention of several 9-anthracenemethyl derivatives, which are formed via a common 9-anthracenemethyl radical intermediate, derived from 9-(iodomethyl) anthracene.