Butterflyene: an entry into an aesthetically pleasing carbocycle via a Diels–Alder reaction on a tetrasubstituted olefin

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21,7917-7923
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01056B, Paper
Gaurang J. Bhatt, Pradeep T. Deota, Narayan N. Som, Darshil Shah
An aesthetically pleasing prototype decacyclic ring system resembling the shape of a butterfly has been synthesized in four simple steps. Diels–Alder reactions on a tetrasubstituted double bond give rise to the formation of its analogues.
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