REACTIONS RETRODIENIQUES XIII - THERMOLYSE ECLAIR DES (Z) ET (E) DIHYDROXY-11,12 ETHANO-9,10 ANTHRACENES : SYNTHESE DES (Z) ET (E) ETHENEDIOLS-1,2.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)87165-8

The flash vacuum thermolysis of diols 3 and 4 affords, via a retro-Diels-Alder cleavage, the simplest enediols 1 and 2 for which the NMR and IR spectra as well as their thermal evolution are reported.