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Abstract

Tetravinylbenzene 4 was prepared in nearly quantitative yield from commercially available tetrabromobenzene; the improved, one-step procedure now employs Suzuki− Miyaura cross- coupling conditions. Intermolecular cyclopropanation of 4 with dibromocarbene gave a