Low potential electrochemical polymerization of benzene in a composite electrolyte of boron trifluoride diethyl etherate and trifluoroacetic acid

1998 ◽  
Vol 455 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun Li ◽  
Gaoquan Shi ◽  
Yingqiu Liang
1984 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 2119 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Halton ◽  
AI Maidment ◽  
DL Officer ◽  
JM Warnes

Vanadium trifluoride oxide (VOF3)/boron trifluoride diethyl etherate is especially useful for effecting the cyclization of the (E)-α-(arylmethy1ene)benzeneacetates (4a,b,d) to the substituted phenanthrenes (5a,b,d). The products are obtained in 20% higher yield and under milder conditions than by employing the vanadium reagent with trifluoroacetic acid. A survey of the derivatives (4a-n) has shown that oxygen functionality is necessary at the 3- and 4- and/or the 3'- and 4'-positions of (4) for cyclization to occur.


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