Chemical Communications

The microwave-assisted Dötz benzannulation process

EJ Hutchinson, WJ Kerr, EJ Magennis

Index: Hutchinson, Edward J.; Kerr, William J.; Magennis, Euan J. Chemical Communications, 2002 , # 19 p. 2262 - 2263

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Citation Number: 15

Abstract

In 1975 Dötz reported the first example of the formation of a highly substituted benzenoid compound from the reaction of a phenylchromium carbene complex and diphenylacetylene. 1 Over the subsequent years the efficiency and scope of this Dötz benzannulation process have been extensively investigated. 2 Traditionally the reaction has been carried out under thermal conditions in a donor solvent. However, use of such techniques can often lead to prolonged reaction times and ...