Base-promoted ring expansion of 2-alkoxy-2-vinylbenzocyclobutenol into substituted naphthalene derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00920-4

Upon treatment with lithium dialkylamide, 2-alkoxy-2- vinylbenzocyclobutenols undergo two-carbon expansion to give substituted naphthalene derivatives.