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Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B Contents Vol. 68b (2013)

Z. Naturforsch. 2013, 68b, 378 – 382

doi:10.5560/ZNB.2013-2298

Regioselective Synthesis of 5-(2-Methoxyethyl)biphenyls by Formal [3+3] Cyclocondensations of 1,3-Bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadienes

Franziska Bendrath^1,2, Verena Specowius^1,2, Zharylkasyn A. Abilov³, Ashot. S. Saghyan^4,5, Christine Fischer², and Peter Langer^1,2

¹Institut für Chemie, Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3a, 18059 Rostock, Germany

²Leibniz Institut für Katalyse an der Universität Rostock e. V., Albert-Einstein-Straße 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany

³Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi ave. 71, 050040 Almaty, Kazakhstan

⁴Faculty of Chemistry, Yerevan State University, Alex Manoogian 1, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia

⁵Scientific and Production Center ''Armbiotechnology'' of NAS RA, Gyurjyan str. 14, 0056 Yerevan, Armenia

Reprint requests to Prof. Dr. Peter Langer. Fax: +49-381-498-6412. E-mail: peter.langer@uni-rostock.de

Received November 21, 2012; in revised form December 19, 2012 / published online April 19, 2013

5-(2-Methoxyethyl)biphenyls have been prepared by regioselective formal [3+3] cyclocondensations of 1,3-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadienes.

Key words: Arenes, Cyclizations, Silyl Enol Ethers, Regioselectivity

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