Wang Chao, Yuan Jian, Li Guotao, Wang Zitao, Zhang Shiwei, Xi Zhenfeng
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Apr 12;128(14):4564-5. doi: 10.1021/ja0579208.
The first metal-mediated efficient synthesis of octasubstituted semibullvalenes, including octaalkyl and mixed tetraalkyl and tetraphenyl derivatives, was developed. The structures of these semibullvalenes were determined by single-crystal X-ray structural analysis. Their intramolecular skeletal rearrangement and reaction chemistry were investigated.
