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Ring-Closing Olefin Metathesis of 2, 2'-Divinylbiphenyls: A Novel and General Approach to Phenanthrenes

A Iuliano, P Piccioli, D Fabbri

Index: Iuliano, Anna; Piccioli, Paolo; Fabbri, Davide Organic Letters, 2004 , vol. 6, # 21 p. 3711 - 3714

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Citation Number: 70

Abstract

The ring-closing olefin metathesis (RCM) of 2, 2'-divinylbiphenyls, using a second- generation RCM ruthenium-based catalyst, leads to differently substituted phenanthrenes in quantitative yield under very mild reaction conditions, independent of both nature and position of the groups present on the biphenyl moiety.