Aureolic acid antibiotics: synthesis of naphthocyclobutene precursors

SC Datta, RW Franck, PD Noire

Index: Datta, Subhash C.; Franck, Richard W.; Noire, Paul D. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 49, # 15 p. 2785 - 2791

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Abstract

The use of the dianion of 1, 2-dicarbomethoxycyclobutane, a method introduced by Garratt, has been exploited to produce naphthocyclobutenes with methoxy groups in the naphtho moiety. A highly regioselective functionalization of the cyclobutene ring has been ...