18937-92-3Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Phenyl Addition–Dehydrocyclization: The Third Way
Zhao, Long,Prendergast, Matthew B.,Kaiser, Ralf I.,Xu, Bo,Ablikim, Utuq,Ahmed, Musahid,Sun, Bing-Jian,Chen, Yue-Lin,Chang, Agnes H. H.,Mohamed, Rana K.,Fischer, Felix R.
, p. 17442 - 17450 (2019)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) represent the link between resonance-stabilized free radicals and carbonaceous nanoparticles generated in incomplete combustion processes and in circumstellar envelopes of carbon rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. Although these PAHs resemble building blocks of complex carbonaceous nanostructures, their fundamental formation mechanisms have remained elusive. By exploring these reaction mechanisms of the phenyl radical with biphenyl/naphthalene theoretically and experimentally, we provide compelling evidence on a novel phenyl-addition/dehydrocyclization (PAC) pathway leading to prototype PAHs: triphenylene and fluoranthene. PAC operates efficiently at high temperatures leading through rapid molecular mass growth processes to complex aromatic structures, which are difficult to synthesize by traditional pathways such as hydrogen-abstraction/acetylene-addition. The elucidation of the fundamental reactions leading to PAHs is necessary to facilitate an understanding of the origin and evolution of the molecular universe and of carbon in our galaxy.
Monobenzofused 1,4-azaborines: Synthesis, characterization, and discovery of a unique coordination mode
Xu, Senmiao,Haeffner, Fredrik,Li, Bo,Zakharov, Lev N.,Liu, Shih-Yuan
, p. 6795 - 6799 (2014)
We report the first general synthesis of boron-substituted monobenzofused 1,4-azaborines using ring-closing metathesis of an enamine-containing diene as a key synthetic strategy. As part of our investigations, we discovered that the B-C3 moiety in a 1,4-a
Cyclic Diaryl λ3-Bromanes: A Rapid Access to Molecular Complexity via Cycloaddition Reactions
Lanzi, Matteo,Ali Abdine, Racha Abed,De Abreu, Maxime,Wencel-Delord, Joanna
, p. 9047 - 9052 (2021/12/06)
Biaryls have widespread applications in organic synthesis. However, sequentially polysubstituted biaryls are underdeveloped due to their challenging preparation. Herein, we report the synthesis of dissymetric 2,3,2′,3′,4-substituted biaryls via pericyclic reactions of cyclic diaryl λ3-bromanes. The functional groups tolerance and atom economy allow access to molecular complexity in a single reaction step. Continuous flow protocol has been designed for the scale-up of the reaction, while postfunctionalizations have been developed taking advantage of the residual Br-atom.
Selective Mechanochemical Monoarylation of Unbiased Dibromoarenes by in Situ Crystallization
Seo, Tamae,Kubota, Koji,Ito, Hajime
supporting information, p. 9884 - 9889 (2020/05/19)
Palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of liquid, unbiased dibromoarenes under mechanochemical conditions selectively afford the monoarylated products. The lower reactivity of the crystalline monoarylated products relative to the liquid starting materials should be attributed predominantly to the low diffusion efficiency of the former in the reaction mixture, which results in a selective monoarylation. The present study sheds light on a novel approach using in situ phase transitions in solids to design selective organic transformations that are difficult to achieve via conventional solution-based synthesis.
