J. Ojima et al., SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF DIMETHANO-BRIDGED TETRADEHYDRO[21]-ANNULENONES, TETRADEHYDRO-[23]-ANNULENONES AND TETRADEHYDRO-[25]ANNULENONES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (23), 1995, pp. 3027-3036
Syntheses of tetradehydro-1,6:11,16-dimethano[21]annulen-19-one 11, ro
-18-methyl-1,6:11,16-dimethano[21]annulen-19-one 12, tetradehydro-1,6:
11,16-dimethano[23]annulen-19-one 13 and tetradehydro-1,6:11,16-dimeth
ano[25]annulen-21-one 14 are described. The influence of an introducti
on of two methane-bridges upon the structure and tropicity of the tetr
adehydro[21]-, -[23]- and -[25]annulenone ring systems is discussed in
view of the H-1 NMR and electronic spectra of these annulenones as we
ll as those of the corresponding monocyclic annulenones.