a Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan b Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
Abstract:
A novel triflic acid-catalyzed cascade cyclization of arenyl 1,7-enynes through acetylene-cation cyclization followed by Friedel-Crafts reaction has been described. Various fused poly carbocycles can be obtained in good to high yields under mild reaction conditions.