@article{pittir19789, volume = {9}, number = {16}, month = {August}, author = {B Wakefield and RJ Halter and P Wipf}, title = {Synthesis of ({$\pm$})-thiohalenaquinone by iterative metalations of thiophene}, journal = {Organic Letters}, pages = {3121 -- 3124}, year = {2007}, url = {http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/19789/}, abstract = {The synthesis of a thiophene-containing analogue of halenaquinone was realized. Key steps include an alkynyl ketone-benzocyclobutane Diels-Alder reaction to construct the C,D-ring naphthalene subunit, a Heck cyclization to form the quaternary carbon, and a ring closing metathesis to add the A-ring. {\copyright} 2007 American Chemical Society.} }