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Synfacts 2009(8): 0851-0851  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217473
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Homocoupling for Pentalenes Synthesis

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jose M. Lobez
Z. U. Levi, T. D. Tilley*
University of California at Berkeley, USA
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23 July 2009 (online)

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Significance

The authors describe a general method for the synthesis of substituted penta­lenes. This is a straightforward alternative to existing pyrolitic or multistep synthetic approaches.