Dn. Nicolaides et al., SYNTHESIS OF 1-METHOXY-1H-PHENANTHRO[9,10-C][1,2]OXAZINE AND ITS TRANSFORMATION TO TRIPHENYLENE-O-DICARBOXYLIC DERIVATIVES, Tetrahedron letters, 37(7), 1996, pp. 1097-1100
1-Methoxy-1H-phenanthro[9,10-c][1,2]oxazine 4 prepared from the reacti
on of 10-(methoxyimino)phenanthren-9-one 1 with benzoylmethylene(triph
enyl)phosphorane 2, reacts thermally with dienophiles 6, 9a,b to give
the triphenylene-o-dicarboxylic derivatives 8, 11a,b in high yield.