Practical Synthesis of the Dendralene Family Reveals Alternation in Behavior

摘要

Hydrocarbons are the most diverse and important binary compounds in chemistry, and form the basis of our understanding of organic structure and reactivity. For these reasons. investigations into the chemical synthesis and properties of fundamental hydrocarbons represents an enduring theme of organic chemistry.''1 Four fundamental hydrocarbon families of oligoalkene structures can be defined (Scheme 1); each family differs in the type of atom connectivity (unbranched or branched, cyclic or acyclic).