Australian Journal of Chemistry

A variant of Peterson olefination: nitrophenyl-substituted methylenecyclopropa [b] naphthalenes

B Halton, Q Lu, PJ Stang

Index: Halton, Brian; Lu, Qi; Stang, Peter J. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1990 , vol. 43, # 7 p. 1277 - 1282

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Abstract

Abstract The successful use of a gem-disilyl compound in Peterson olefination with nitrosubstituted aromatic aldehydes and ketones is achieved for 1, 1-bis (trimethylsilyl)-1H- cyclopropa [b] naphthalene (9) by employing potassium fluoride in acetonitrile and using a