Part I: synthesis of benzoazetes by vinylic nucleophilic substitution reactions, Part II: synthesis of polycyclic arenes by copper-catalyzed cyclization of 2-alkenylphenyl ketones.

• Main Author: Tnay, Ya Lin.
• Other Authors: Koichi Narasaka
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/46434
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Concerted nucleophilic substitution on an sp3 carbon has been one of the most useful reactions in organic chemistry. However, such concerted substitutions on unactivated vinyl carbons were thought to be impossible until recent experimental evidence. For example, the author’s group recently reported...