
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Brown, RFC 
A1  - Eastwood, FW 
A1  - Wong, NR 
T1  - Synthetic Approaches to the Hypothetical Lactone Intermediate in the Pyrolytic Conversion of 8-Methylcyclobuta[a]naphthalene-1,2-dione Into Acenaphthylene
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1996
VL  - 49
IS  - 7
SP  - 793
EP  - 800
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9960793 
N2  - Synthetic approaches to the hypothetical lactone intermediate 8,8a-dihydro-2H-acenaphtho[1,8-bc]furan-2-one (2) based on intramolcular Diels -Alder reaction, and on intramolecular alkylation by diazoacetate groups, were not useful. Generation and pyrolysis of the 9-diazomethylnaphtho[1,2-c]furan-3(1H)-one (19) derived from the corresponding 9-formyl compound (15) gave products including acenaphthylene, consistent with the intermediacy of the lactone (2). 
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