Tetrahedron Letters

Formation of substituted benzocyclobutenes through flash vacuum pyrolysis

P Schiess, S Rutschmann

Index: Schiess, Peter; Rutschmann, Suzanne; Toan, Van Vien Tetrahedron Letters, 1982 , vol. 23, # 36 p. 3669 - 3672

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Abstract

This document does not have an outline. ... JavaScript is disabled on your browser. Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Author links open the overlay panel. Numbers correspond to the affiliation list which can be exposed by using the show more link. ... Benzocyclobutenes carrying a substituent in the four membered ring are obtained in high yield from 2-methyl benzaldehydes through a reaction sequence involving a pyrolytic 1,4-elimination of HCl in the crucial step.