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Comparative Study of Anionic and Radical Cyclization for the Preparation of 1, 3-Dimethylindans: Highly Stereoselective Preparation of cis-1, 3-Disubstituted Indans …

WF Bailey, MJ Mealy, KB Wiberg

Index: Bailey, William F; Mealy, Michael J; Wiberg, Kenneth B Organic letters, 2002 , vol. 4, # 5 p. 791 - 794

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Abstract

The preparation of 1, 3-dimethylindans from 4-(2-bromophenyl)-1-pentene (1) and 2-(2-iodo- 1-methylethyl) styrene (2) substrates via radical-mediated cyclization and intramolecular carbolithiation has been investigated. Although cyclization of the radical derived from either substrate proceeds with modest selectivity for the cis-isomer, as does cycloisomerization of the aryllithium derived from substrate 1 (cis/trans≈ 2), intramolecular cyclization of the ...