Abstract: Formal [3+3] cyclocondensation reactions of 1,3-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadienes with functionalized and non-functionalized 1-alkyl- and 1-aryl-3-alkoxy-2-en-1-ones, 1,1-dichloro-3-buten-2-ones, 3-acyl-4,5-dihydrofurans and other related 1,3-dielectrophiles provide a convenient and regioselective approach to various highly substituted, functionalized phenols.

Review: Curr. Org. Chem. 2012, 16, 557-565.

Period of investigation: 2004 – 2014

Keywords: silyl enol ether; cyclizations; arenes