cyclobenzannulation

English

Etymology

From cyclo- +‎ benzannulation.

Noun

cyclobenzannulation (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The formation or expansion of a ring by the introduction of one or more fused benzene rings.
   • 2015 June 18, Grant J Sherborne, Bao N Nguyen, “Recent XAS studies into Homogeneous metal catalyst in fine chemical and pharmaceutical syntheses”, in Chemistry Central Journal‎^[1], volume 9, →DOI:

     Scheme 1 Novel intermediates detected by XAS in a Au-catalysed cyclobenzannulation Hashmi and Bertagnolli also employed XAS to investigate the oxidation state of the gold catalyst in an Au-catalysed oxidative esterification.

Related terms

• benzannulation
• cyclopentannulation

See also

• Wulff-Dötz reaction