• Diels-alder reactions of a cyclopentadienone derivative 

    Gomes, Maria Goretti, 1971- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
    An ester derivative of cyclopentadienone, a very reactive species, was generated from methyl-2-bromo-3-oxocyclopent-1-enecarboxylate (96) which dimerized instantaneously and decarbonylated to generate an indanone (97). ...