- Annulation
Annulation (derived from
annular , occasionally annelation) inorganic chemistry is achemical reaction in which a new ring is constructed on another molecule (often another ring). [GoldBookRef|title=annulation|url=http://goldbook.iupac.org/A00367.html GoldBookRef|title=annelation|url=http://goldbook.iupac.org/A00365.html]:
Examples are the
Robinson annulation and certaincycloaddition s. Annular molecules are constructed from side-on condensed cyclic segments, for examplehelicene s andacene s. In transannulation abicyclic molecule is created byintramolecular carbon-carbon bond formation in a large monocyclic ring. An example is thesamarium(II) chloride inducedketone -alkene cyclization of "5-methylenecyclooctanone" which proceeds through aketyl intermediate ["Construction of Bicyclic Ring Systems via a Transannular SmI2-Mediated Ketone-Olefin Cyclization Strategy"Gary A. Molander, Barbara Czakó, and Michael RheamJ. Org. Chem. ; 2007; 72(5) pp 1755 - 1764; (Article) DOI|10.1021/jo062292d] ::
Benzannulation
The term benzannulated compounds refers to derivatives of
cyclic compound s (usually aromatic) which are fused to abenzene ring. Examples are listed in the table below:References
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