DOI: 10.1039/A703099A
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Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1998, 59-60
First innermolecular Diels–Alder reaction of o-benzyne inside a molecular container compound
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Ralf Warmuth
Abstract
1,2-Didehydrobenzene 1, incarcerated in the inner phase of a hemicarcerand 2, undergoes an innermolecular Diels–Alder reaction with its surrounding host, which is a new type of reaction at the borderline between intra- and inter-molecular reactions.
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