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Metal-free naphthannulation reactions of yne-allenone esters for accessing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Hong-Kai Sha1, Ting Xu, Feng Liu
1School of Chemistry & Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China. wjhao@jsnu.edu.cn laotu@jsnu.edu.cn jiangchem@jsnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The first metal-free base-promoted naphthannulation reactions of yne-allenone esters were established for the direct assembly of a wide range of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with generally good yields. The naphthannulation reaction of yne-allenone esters with β-ketonitriles provided new phenanthrene-1-carboxylates via a base-mediated [2+2] cycloaddition/ring expansion sequence, whereas hitherto unreported tetracyclic tetrahydrotetraphene-7-carboxylates were obtained with good yield via a sequential double annulation cascade of yne-allenone esters with dimedone as a diphilic reagent.
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