ChemInform Abstract: A Novel Practical Synthesis of Phenanthrenes Using Iron(III) Chloride Involved Intramolecular Oxidative Coupling at Room Temperature.

A Novel Practical Synthesis of Phenanthr

A Novel Practical Synthesis of Phenanthrenes Using Iron(III) Chloride Involved Intramolecular Oxidative Coupling at Room Temperature

✍ Mao-Yun LÜ; Kai-Liang WANG; Fei CAI; Hai-Ying WANG; Qing-Min WANG 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 118 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract Iron(III) chloride has been used to prepare the polymethoxy substituted phenanthrene derivatives via intramolecular oxidative coupling of (__E__ or __Z__)‐2,3‐di(substituted phenyl)acrylate at room temperature in excellent yields. Mild reaction conditions and the use of inexpensive and