Trapping bicyclic titanacyclopentenes with bis(trichloromethyl) carbonate (BTC): a new method to bicyclic cyclopentenones

Abstract

Bis(trichloromethyl) carbonate is found to trap bicyclic titanacyclopentenes providing a new method for bicyclization of enynes into bicyclic cyclopentenones.

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