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A New Phenanthrene Synthesis
Brown, Charles,Sikkel, Bernardus J.,Carvalho, Christopher F.,Sargent, Melvyn V.
, p. 3007 - 3010 (2007/10/02)
Substituted (Z)-2-chlorostilbenes give good yields of phenanthrenes on treatment with activated magnesium formed by the reduction of magnesium chloride with potassium in the presence of potassium iodide in boiling tetrahydrofuran.A homolytic substitution mechanism is proposed for this reaction.
