Results The Retro Diels-Alder Route.-Our initial approach was designed to take advantage of the fact that 9, lO-ethanoanthracene derivatives decompose at somewhat elevated temperatures to generate anthracene and unsaturated compounds. Specifically, the intent was to construct a thiete dioxide derivative which incorporated the partially reduced anthracene ring as a blocking group for the exocyclic double bond. This reactive site of ...
[Bashford, Katherine E.; Cooper, Anthony L.; Kane, Peter D.; Moody, Christopher J.; Muthusamy, Sendogagounder; Swanna, Elizabeth Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 1, 2002 , # 14 p. 1672 - 1687]
