THE SYNTHESIS OF NAPHTH[2,1-<i>a</i>]- AND NAPHTH[2,3-<i>a</i>]AZULENES

Masafumi Yasunami, P.‐W. YANG, Y. Kondo, Yukio Noro, Kahei Takase

Chemistry Letters · 1980 · 15 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

Abstract Naphth[2,1-a]- and naphth[2,3-a]azulenes were synthesized by dehydrogenation of 5,6-dihydronaphth[2,1-a]- and 5,12-dihydronaphth[2,3-a]azulenes which were obtained by the reaction of 2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-one with 1- and 2-pyrrolidinyl-3,4-dihydronaphthalenes, respectively.

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