Organic Letters
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Scheme 5. Synthesis of Unsymmetric Phenanthrenes 1f−i
Experimental details, compound characterization, and
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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We thank the Stony Brook Foundation for funding of this
research and Lawrence Scott (Boston College), Frank Mallory
(Bryn Mawr College), and Clelia (Sally) Mallory (University
of Pennsylvania) for helpful discussions.
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Scheme 6. Hydrolysis of the Methyl Ether
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starting materials for polymerization and as precursors to new
cyclopentadienyl ligands.
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