Pt. Perumal et al., A SHORT METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF SPIROCYCLIC DIKETONE RELATED TO FREDERICAMYCIN-A, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 35(3), 1996, pp. 242-243
A new and short route for 2-(2'-bromoethyl)-1-iodobenzene, a useful in
termediate for the conversion into spirocyclic diketone 9, related to
Fredericamycin-A, is reported.