Formation and intermolecular capture of m-quinodimethane

JL Goodman, JA Berson

Index: Goodman, Joshua L.; Berson, Jerome A. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1984 , vol. 106, # 6 p. 1867 - 1868

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Abstract

The synthesis is aimed at the unknown hydrocarbon 5, which is expectedlaSc to be thermally unstable with respect to 1. Although all attempts to convert the known ketone 9 directly to 5 by methylenation so far have led to intractable products, 6 two indirect methods are feasible (Scheme I).'Both involve protection of the endocyclic double bond of 9 before methylenation. In method A, the endocyclic double bond is restored by, respectively, a ...