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Highly diastereoselective rhodium(II) acetate-catalysed intramolecular
addition of alpha-diazo ketones to aromatic rings to form the azuleno
nes 3 has been achieved; the norcaradiene form of 3 undergoes efficien
t stereospecific cycloaddition with phenyltriazolinedione, in either a
stepwise or a tandem process, leading to the pentacyclic systems 4 as
a single diastereomer in each case.