Browsing Faculty of Natural Science by Author "Giles, R.G.F."
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The synthesis of 3-allyl-4-ethyl-2- (1'-hydroxyethyl)-1-methoxynaphthalene and its behaviour towards base- and palladium-promoted cyclisation under aerobic and anaerobic conditions
Swigelaar, Wendell Peter (University of the Western Cape, 2005)Over the years, Giles and co-workers have established that, upon treatment with potassium tert-butoxide, tetra-substituted naphthalenes undergo cyclisations to afford naphthopyrans. It was suggested that these base-induced ...