Chemical Communications

Ru (II)-catalyzed [2+ 2+ 2] cycloaddition of 1, 2-bis (propiolyl) benzenes with monoalkynes leading to substituted anthraquinones

Y Yamamoto, K Hata, T Arakawa, K Itoh

Index: Yamamoto, Yoshihiko; Hata, Koichi; Arakawa, Takayasu; Itoh, Kenji Chemical Communications, 2003 , # 11 p. 1290 - 1291

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Abstract

The transition-metal mediated [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition 1 of a 1,2-bis(propiolyl)benzene 1 with a monoalkyne is a convergent and straightforward route to substituted anthraquinone frameworks (Scheme 1). Such a potentially useful anthraquinone annulation was first realized by means of the reaction of isolated naphthoquinone-fused rhodacyclopentadiene complexes with monoalkynes, 2 and direct coupling of diketodiyne 1c and monoalkynes was ...