Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed)

456. Polycyclic systems. Part V. A new route to azulenes

EA Braude, WF Forbes

Index: Braude; Forbes Journal of the Chemical Society, 1953 , p. 2208,2214

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Abstract

A new, general route to hydroazulenes and azulenes is described (cf. Nature, 1951, 168, 874). The synthesis of the parent compound starts with cycloheptanone which is converted via cydoheptenyl-lithium into 1-cyclohept-1'-enylallyl alcohol (I; R= H). This is oxidised with

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