The key intermediate tri-substituted alpha-tetralone (8) has been synthesized, either via tandem Michael addition-Dieckmann condensation reaction between dienolate and methyl crotonate in a low yield or via Barton's radical decarboxylation of diester (9) without 4-dimethylaminopyridine in 75% yield, and applied to the synthesis of the substituted 5,6-dihydrobenzo[a]naphthacenequinone.
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