Butenone carbene

C-3 of the naphthalene nucleus that controls the electrophilic ring-closure of the vinyl ketene intermediate moreover, the degree of aromaticity of the angular rings in the phenanthrene skeleton exceeds that in the anthracene analogues. This regioselectivity observed in the benzannulation of chromium carbenes is paralleled by results observed for 2-naphthyl cyclo-butenones [77] and for the palladium-catalyzed cyclocarbonylation of 2-naphthyl allyl acetates [78]. 

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