Trisannelated Benzene Synthesis by Copper(II) Chloride

Abstract

Abstract Different ketones such as cyclohexanone, cyclopentanone, acetophenone, 2‐acetonaphthalene, 4‐methylcyclohexanone in the presence of an hydrous CuCl 2 (catalytic amounts) at reflux condition for 2–4 hours, without using a solvent led to dimers 2‐(1‐cyclohexane‐1‐yl)‐cyclohexanone 6 , 2‐cyclopentylidene cyclopentanone 10 , trimer dodecahydrotriphenylene (DTP) 4 , trindan (tricyclopentabenzene) 9 , 1,3,5‐ triphenylbenzene (TBP) 12a , 1,3,5‐tri β‐naphthylbenzene 12b and dodecahydro‐2,6,10‐trimethyltriphenylenes 17 and 18 .