Synthesis, structure, and nucleophile-induced rearrangements of spiroketones

P Maslak, S Varadarajan, JD Burkey

Index: Maslak, Przemyslaw; Varadarajan, Sridhar; Burkey, Jeffrey D. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1999 , vol. 64, # 22 p. 8201 - 8209

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Abstract

Three tetraketones based on the 2, 2'-spirobiindan-1, 1', 3, 3'-tetraone skeleton were prepared and investigated. All three compounds show spiroconjugation between their perpendicular π-networks. The interaction results in lowering of the energy of the LUMO of ...