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Site-specific preparation of 2-carboalkoxy-4-substituted naphthalenes and 9-alkylphenanthrenes and evidence for an allene intermediate in the novel base-catalyzed cyclization of 2-alkynylbiphenyls
Wang, Yi,Burton, Donald J.
, p. 5295 - 5298 (2006)
A site-specific preparation of 2-carboalkoxy-4-substituted naphthalenes and 9-alkylphenanthrenes is described. The successful cyclization of an allene intermediate provides supportive evidence for the previously proposed mechanism.
