Organolithium additions to styrene derivatives, Part IV: Tandem intermolecular-intramolecular carbolithiation as a new route to tetralins

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Abstract

Styrenes bearing unsaturated side chains at the 2-position undergo regioselective carbolithiation of the styrene unit followed by 6-exo-trig or 6-exo-dig cyclisation to produce 1,2- disubstituted tetralins or their unsaturated analogues.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6467-6470
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume38
Issue number36
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Sept 1997

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