Reactivity of benzyne toward anthracene systems

BH Klanderman, TR Criswell

Index: Klanderman,B.H.; Criswell,T.R. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1969 , vol. 34, p. 3426 - 3430

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Abstract

Benzyne reacts with anthracenes to form Diels-Alder adducts with both the center and end rings of anthracene systems. The nature and position of the substituents markedly influence the relative amounts of centerand end-ring adducts formed; the electrophilic nature of bensyne and its steric requirements have been elucidated. The relative reactivities of a number of substituted anthracenes toward bensyne have been measured by a series of ...