Tricyclic spirodienones via intramolecular radical phenol–nitronic acid coupling

D Hobbs-Mallyon, DA Whiting

Index: Hobbs-Mallyon, David; Whiting, Donald A. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1991 , # 13 p. 899 - 900

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Abstract

The 1-(ω-nitropropyl)-and 1-(ω-nitrobutyl)-6-hydroxytetralins 10 and 16, obtained by new sequences from 6-methoxytetralone, undergo stereospecific intramolecular coupling between phenolate and nitronate functions, to yield the tricyclospirodienones 11, 70%, and 17, 66%.