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Aromatic retinoids (part 2): A short and convenient route to 5-(5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydro-5, 5, 8, 8-tetramethyl-2-anthracenyl)-2-furan and-2-thiophene carboxylic acids.

J Eustache, JM Bernardon, B Shroot

Index: Eustache; Bernardon; Shroot Tetrahedron Letters, 1988 , vol. 29, # 35 p. 4409 - 4410

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Abstract

Abstract A convenient three step synthetic route starting from readily available materials was used for the synthesis of novel 5-(2-tetrahydroanthracenyl)-2-furan and-2- thiophenecarboxylic acid derivatives. The main features of the sequence are a Heck