SELECTIVE PREPARATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS .7. A PREPARATIVE ROUTE TO 10,11-DIHYDRO-5H-DIBENZO[A,D]CYCLOHEPTENES USING FRIEDEL-CRAFTS INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLOBENZYLATION
T. Yamato et al., SELECTIVE PREPARATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS .7. A PREPARATIVE ROUTE TO 10,11-DIHYDRO-5H-DIBENZO[A,D]CYCLOHEPTENES USING FRIEDEL-CRAFTS INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLOBENZYLATION, Journal of chemical research. Synopses, (7), 1997, pp. 246
A convenient, mild, one-pot synthesis of substituted dibenzo[a,d]cyclo
heptenes involving the action of ClCH2OMe and TiCl4 on a variety of di
phenylethanes,dagger which incorporates chloromethylation of a hydroca
rbon followed by a Friedel-Crafts intramolecular cyclization reaction,
is described.