A new synthesis of 1,2-bisylidenecylobutanes and their application to the construction of polycyclic ring systems via sequential Diels–Alder reactions
Abstract
1,2-Bisarylidenecyclobutanes, conveniently synthesized from the (cyclobut-1-enyl)triphenylphosphonium salt, diethyl lithiophosphonate, and aromatic aldehydes, readily undergo sequential Diels–Alder reactions with dienophiles to give good yields of polycyclic compounds.