Formation of 1-benzosuberones by three-carbon ring expansion of benzocylobutenones

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919908086459

A new method for preparing 1-benzosuberone derivatives by free radical promoted three-carbon ring expansion of benzocyclobutenones is described.

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Formation of 1-Benzosuberones by
Three-Carbon Ring Expansion of
Benzocylobutenones1
Wei Zhang a , Rudiger Gomy a & Paul Dowd a
a Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, 15260
Published online: 25 Sep 2007.
To cite this article: Wei Zhang , Rudiger Gomy & Paul Dowd (1999): Formation of 1-
Benzosuberones by Three-Carbon Ring Expansion of Benzocylobutenones1 , Synthetic
Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic
Chemistry, 29:16, 2903-2913
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