A new and simple synthesis of tropones
Abstract
3-and 4-Halogenocycloheptatrienones can be prepared from the Δ2- and Δ3-norcarenes (1), (2), and (3) by an allylic oxidation-dehydrohalogenation sequence; evidence for the intermediacy of the bicyclic enones (4)–(7) in the formation of the troponoid skeleton is presented.