Cs. Sarmah et Jcs. Kataky, A NOVEL SYNTHESIS OF SUBSTITUTED 1,6-METHANO[10]ANNULENES USING A PHASE-TRANSFER CATALYST, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 32(11), 1993, pp. 1149-1150
A few novel mono- and di-substituted 1, 6-methano[10]annulenes (4) hav
e been synthesised using Wittig-Horner reaction under phase transfer c
atalysis starting from cycloheptatriene-1, 6-dialdehyde. The new compo
unds have been characterised on the basis of spectroscopic data.