Rearrangements of and on the phenylene scaffold

ORGN 612

K. Peter C. Vollhardt, kpcv@berkeley.edu, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460
Cobalt-catalyzed oligoalkyne cyclizations are the key step in the synthesis of the phenylenes, a novel class of cyclohexatrienoid hydrocarbons, in which the aromatic benzene nucleus is fused to the antiaromatic cyclobutadiene frame in an alternating manner. This lecture will describe new rearrangements that occur in some linear, angular, and helical members of the series.
 

Modern Acetylene Chemistry
8:15 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, 13 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Room 134, Oral

Division of Organic Chemistry

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006