A direct and mild strategy for the synthesis of benzo[a]azulenes based on an organocatalytic [10+4] cycloaddition reaction is described. The strategy enables a diversity-oriented approach for the synthesis of various poly-functionalised azulenes from easily accessible starting materials.
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M. Giardinetti, N. I. Jessen, M. L. Christensen and K. A. Jørgensen, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 202 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC08551J
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