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Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 2(46), p. 318-320, 2010
DOI: 10.1039/b919114c
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A facile synthesis of dibenzopyrroloazepinones as tetracyclic allocolchicinoids—an unusual 1,2-phenyl shift
Journal article published in 2010 by
Liang Wu,
Abil E. Aliev,
Stephen Caddick,
Richard J. Fitzmaurice,
Derek A. Tocher 
,
Frank D. King
,
Frank D. King
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Abstract
A facile synthesis of dibenzopyrroloazepinones via an electrophilic cyclisation of a biphenyl-acyliminium ion is described; an unusual 1,2-phenyl shift occurs when the C-1' carbon is the more nucleophilic than the C-2' carbon.