A CAN-induced cyclodimerization-Ritter trapping strategy for the one-pot synthesis of 1-amino-4-aryltetralins from styrenes

Org Lett. 2002 May 2;4(9):1575-7. doi: 10.1021/ol0257934.

Abstract

[reaction: see text]. A facile one-pot synthesis of 1-amino-4-aryl-tetralin derivatives by the CAN-induced cyclodimerization of various styrenes in acetonitrile and acrylonitrile is described.