Canadian journal of chemistry

Acid-catalyzed rearrangement of cyclobutanols. A novel rearrangement

E Lee-Ruff, FJ Ablenas

Index: Lee-Ruff, E.; Ablenas, Fred J. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1987 ,  vol. 65, p. 1663 - 1667

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Abstract

The acid-catalysed dehydration-rearrangement reaction of α-thienyl cyclobutanols 3 and 4 resulted in the formation of tetrahydronaphtho [2, 3-b] thiophenes 5 a and 6 a. The rearrangement to the linearly fused PAH system instead of the expected angularly fused