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A novel azulene synthesis from the Ramirez ylide involving two different modes of its reaction with activated alkynes
Higham, Lee J.,Kelly, P. Gabriel,Corr, David M.,Mueller-Bunz, Helge,Walker, Brian J.,Gilheany, Declan G.
, p. 684 - 685 (2004)
The Ramirez ylide undergoes electrophilic substitution with acetylenedicarboxylates to form Z and E adducts. The latter can react by cycloaddition with another equivalent of the alkyne to provide a new route to novel tetra-substituted azulenes, which show
