Journal article
Indirect monobromination of the cubane nucleus. The synthesis of dimethyl 2-bromocubane-1,4-dicarboxylate
M Bliese, LA Fanning, RW Gable, DA Lowe, J Tsanaktsidis
Australian Journal of Chemistry | C S I R O PUBLICATIONS | Published : 1998
DOI: 10.1071/C98028
Abstract
The preparation of dimethyl 2-bromocubane-1,4-dicarboxylate (3) is described starting from the readily available (3aα,4β,7α,7aα)-2,4-dibromo-3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-4,7- methano-1H-indene-1,8-dione 8-ethylene ketal (4).