Metal carbonyl-promoted rearrangement of cyclopropenes to naphthols

MF Semmelhack, S Ho, M Steigerwald…

Index: Semmelhack, M. F.; Ho, Suzzy; Steigerwald, Michael; Lee, M. C. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1987 , vol. 109, # 14 p. 4397 - 4399

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Abstract

should lead to intermediates exactly the same as those proposed for the reaction of diphenylacetylene with (CO) 5Cr= CPh (OMe). 3 Reasonable rates were obtained only at elevated temperatures with stoichiometric amounts of Cr (CO),, and no intermediates were detected. The naphthohydroquinone monomethyl ether (2a) was