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Synthesis of 2-phenyl-2-cycloalkenones via palladium-catalyzed tandem epoxide isomerization-intramolecular aldol condensation

JH Kim, RJ Kulawiec

Index: Kim, Ji-Hyun; Kulawiec, Robert J. Tetrahedron Letters, 1998 , vol. 39, # 20 p. 3107 - 3110

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Abstract

We have extended the scope of our palladium-catalyzed tandem epoxide isomerization/aldol condensation reaction to encompass intramolecular condensations, which provide facile access to conjugated cycloalkenones from epoxy aldehydes or