Research Article

One-Pot Synthesis of Novel Dibenzoxanthenes, Diarylbutanes, and Calix[4]resorcinarenes via Consecutive Pyrrolidine Ring-Closure/Ring-Opening Reactions

Table 1

Synthesis of the compounds 5ā€“10.

No.CompoundYield (%)a,b

15a87 (78)
25с79 (53)
36b65 (57)
47a72 (28)
58a95 (74)
68b93 (69)
78c59 (48)
89a42 (60)
910a70 (74)
1010d62 (56)

aIsolated yield; byield from 2-(2-hydroxynaphthalene-1-yl)pyrrolidine according to the procedure described in [27] is given in parentheses.