HELVETICA CHIMICA ACTA, cilt.87, sa.9, ss.2364-2367, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
An efficient synthetic route to the concave-shaped, potentially ionophoric syn- and anti-isomers of 5,6,11,12,17,18-hexahydro-5,18:6,11:12,17-triepoxytrinaphthylene (4) was elaborated. Starting from 'oxabenzonorbornadiene' (5), the stannylated precursor 9 was prepared in three steps, followed by cyclotrimerization ;catalyzed by copper(I) thiophene-2-carboxylate (CuTC), which afforded 4 in a synlanti ratio of 5:4.