The anodic oxidation of cis-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2, 3-dicarboxylic acid and its derivatives: competition between oxidative bisdecarboxylation and dilactone …

…, M Motevalli, JHP Utley, PB Wyatt, Y Gao

Index: Hussain, Abid; Motevalli, Majid; Utley, James H. P.; Wyatt, Peter B.; Gao, Yaping Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1993 , vol. 58, # 13 p. 3578 - 3581

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Abstract

The low reactivity, hazardous nature, and inconvenience of acetylene as a dienophile in the Diels-Alder reaction have led to the development of synthetically equivalent dienophiles, eg p-tolyl ethynyl sulfone,'adducts of which may be reduced to give compounds that are formally Diels-Alder adducts of acetylene. Maleic anhydride reacts readily with a wide range of dienes to give Diels-Alder adducts, which are often easily convertible into the ...